RADIO CHOICE

SHIRLEY BALLAS, head judge of BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, joins KEN BRUCE (RADIO 2, 9.30AM) to pick her Tracks Of My Years each morning this week. Shirley (pictured) — known in the world of ballroom dancing as the Queen of Latin — talks about music, dance and the new Strictly season. She begins with tracks from Cher and Barry White.

DOM MARTIN — a mainstay of the Belfast blues scene and a fine practitioner of bottleneck guitar — is on THE CERYS MATTHEWS BLUES SHOW (RADIO 2, 8PM). He’ll be bringing his guitar along, and belting out some blues in that rough, rasping voice of his.

PAUL CARRACK joins JOOLS HOLLAND (RADIO 2, 9PM) and his band for a song session around the piano. Paul has worked with the likes of Roxy Music, Ace and Squeeze. He was the

singer-songwriter for Mike + The Mechanics and has, throughout the years, maintained his own solo career — and now has a tour of the UK planned for 2019. Tonight, Paul will be featuring music from his new album, These Days, and performing a classic soul number.

A MAN lies low on the river bank, gun at the ready. He’s waiting for ducks, on their journey downstream, to come within his sights. His reasons, in SHORT WORKS: WHITE SQUARES

(RADIO 4, 10.45PM), a story by Cynan Jones, are not what you might think.