Today’s radio choice Charlotte Runcie

Private Passions: Chris Hadfield RADIO 3, 12.00NOON

This week’s guest on Private Passions is astronaut Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space and former commander of the International Space Station. He’s best known, however, for his musical contributions to zero gravity: he took a guitar on missions and recorded the first song in space, and his version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, performed while orbiting Earth, became a viral sensation. He selects music by Strauss, Rossini and Hans Zimmer, as well as – what else? – Holst’s Planets Suite.

The Evolution of John Peel – 1990s 6 MUSIC, 1.00PM

DJ Mary Anne Hobbs presents the third in this uplifting five-part series celebrating the pioneering musical tastemaking of the late John Peel. The story of Peel’s life in music is really the story of how pop evolved over the latter half of the last century, and this episode finds us in the Nineties, when Peel was more of a grand master of pop than a young upstart. The series also includes 6 Music presenters selecting their favourite Peel moments from the archives.