Radio choice Charlotte Runcie

Angstrom

RADIO 4, 6.30PM

 This new comedy series is a spoof of brooding Scandi Noir detective shows, and it has an excellent comedy pedigree: it’s written by Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley, who have previously worked on Ladybird Books for Grown Ups, as well as Charlie Brooker’s Wipe TV series and That Mitchell and Webb Look. Matthew Holness plays Knut Ångström, a detective who meets all of the crime show stereotypes, he’s brooding, alcoholic, and a maverick with a troubled past, of course, and has a convoluted mystery to solve.

Free Thinking

RADIO 3, 10.00PM

 From airport lounges to station platforms, the idea of “in-between places” is the deep and wide-ranging topic up for discussion in tonight’s Free Thinking. The focus here is on why the concept has proved so fruitful for artists, poets and musicians to explore, as well as an exploration of how our brains cope with the idea of the inbetween. Professor Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough is joined by the neuroscientist Dean Burnett, poet Vahni Capildeo, artist Alexandra Carr, writer Iain Sinclair and philosopher Emily Thomas.