Word Of Mouth

Radio 4, ,p 4pm

The series about vocabulary returns for a new run, but with host Michael Rosen recovering from Covid-19, psychologist Professor Tanya Byron (right) takes over. She begins, ironically, lly with a programme focusing on the language used during the pandemic. In new three-part series The Political

School (Radio 4, 11am), writer and comedian Timandra Harkness asks whether the increasing use of forecasting, statistics and probability in British politics means the entire system is in need of an overhaul.

Musician Chris Wood discusses his love for John Clare’s poetry in The Essay:

Folk At Home (Radio 3, 10.45pm).