On the Radio Seven days

Today

Michael Caine: What I Know Now BBC Radio 2, 9pm One of the country’s screen legends, Sir Michael Caine, addresses the younger generation of movie fans about his unique working class talent and style.

Monday

Free Thinking: James Ellroy BBC Radio 3, 10pm Philip Dodd is in conversation with the American author James Ellroy, whose books include LA Confidential.

Tuesday

From College To Clink BBC Radio 4, 8pm What happens when top graduates work behind bars as prison officers? Lucy Ash meets young people who have forsaken lucrative careers in the City or elsewhere, for what some see as one of the world’s worst jobs. Wednesday Mary Anne Hobbs...Tom Ravenscroft sits in BBC Radio 6, 10.30am All this week Tom Ravenscroft will be sitting in for Mary Anne. Today he welcomes Gaika to the BBC Radio 6 Music Live Room.

Thursday

The Spartans BBC World Service, 10.30am For more than 2,500 years the Spartans of ancient Greece have been known for their military might, discipline and self-sacrifice. But where does this image come from, and what do we really know about Spartan society and the peculiar utopia it tried to create?

Friday

Iggy Pop BBC Radio 6, 7pm Rocker Iggy serves up a sonic cocktail to get the weekend started including MC5, a group closely linked to the world of his old group,The Stooges.

Saturday

Simon Mayo Scala Radio, 10am Former BBC man Simon Mayo continues on his new station – with celebrity interviews, plus the return of his Confessions feature.