RADIO GUIDE

RADIO 4

5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 5.58 Tweet of the Day. 6.00 Today. 8.31 ((LW)) Yesterday in Parliament. 9.00 In Our Time. 9.45 Book of the Week: Humanly Possible. 9.45 ((LW)) Daily Service. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00 From Our Own Correspondent. 11.30 Arthur Briggs – The Brit Who Brought Jazz to Europe. 12.00 News. 12.01 ((LW)) Shipping Forecast. 12.04 You and Yours. 12.30 Sliced Bread. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 Rental Health: Solutions. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: Passenger List. 3.00 Ramblings. 3.27 Radio 4 Appeal. 3.30 Open Book. 4.00 The Infinite Monkey Cage. Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about the materials that we couldn’t live without. Last in the series. 4.30 BBC Inside Science. The latest scientific research. 5.00 PM. News headlines, with Evan Davis. 5.54 ((LW)) Shipping Forecast. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.30 Meet David Sedaris. The humorist weighs up some of the differences he’s found between the USA and the UK and works them into a new essay, Sweet Land of Liberty. Last in the series. 7.00 The Archers. Jim grills David for some key information, and why is Brian being so mysterious? 7.15 Front Row. A round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. 8.00 Law in Action. Magazine featuring reports and discussion on developments in the legal world. Last in the series. 8.30 Rental Health: All Work and No Homes. Pennie Stuart investigates the housing crisis striking communities in the Scottish Highlands, and how the situation is exacerbated by the tourist industry. 9.00 BBC Inside Science. The latest scientific research to make the news headlines and how science is evolving to transform culture and affect lives. 9.30 In Our Time. Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas. 9.59 Weather. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: How One Becomes Lonely. 11.00 My Teenage Diary. 11.30 Today in Parliament. 12.00 News and Weather. 12.30 Book of the Week: Humanly Possible. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20 Shipping Forecast.

RADIO 3

6.30 Breakfast. 9.00 Essential Classics. 12.00 Composer of the Week: Rachmaninov. 1.00 Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert. 2.00 Afternoon Concert. 5.00 In Tune. A selection of music, arts news and guests. Including 5.00, 6.00 News. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical favourites mixed with jazz, folk and music from around the world. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. John Storgards conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich and Rachmaninov. Cellist Nicolas Altstaedt joins them for Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Rococo Variations. 10.00 Free Thinking. 10.45 The Essay – Re:Cycling. 11.00 The Night Tracks Mix. 11.30 Unclassified. 12.30 Through the Night.

CLASSIC FM

6.00 More Music Breakfast. 9.00 Alexander Armstrong. 12.00 Anne-Marie Minhall. 4.00 John Brunning. Including the School Run and Hall of Fame Hour. 7.00 Smooth Classics at Seven. Zeb Soanes presents the evening show, promising everything from all-time favourites to contemporary classics. Including the Great Escape at 9pm. 10.00 Smooth Classics. 1.00 Bill Overton. 4.00 Early Breakfast.

RADIO 4 EXTRA

5.00 Blithe Spy. 6.00 The Sand Leopard. 6.30 Lord of Misrule. 7.00 Sweet Sorrow. 7.15 Flying Visits. 7.30 On the Rocks. 8.00 The Burkiss Way. 8.30 The World As We Know It. 9.00 The Unbelievable Truth. 9.30 Clare in the Community. 10.00 Blithe Spy. 11.00 The Sand Leopard. 11.30 Lord of Misrule. 12.00 Sweet Sorrow. 12.15 Flying Visits. 12.30 On the Rocks. 1.00 The Burkiss Way. 1.30 The World As We Know It. 2.00 The Unbelievable Truth. 2.30 Clare in the Community. 3.00 Blithe Spy. 4.00 The Sand Leopard. 4.30 Lord of Misrule. 5.00 Sweet Sorrow. 5.15 Flying Visits. 5.30 On the Rocks. 6.00 The Burkiss Way. 6.30 The World As We Know It. 7.00 The Unbelievable Truth. 7.30 Clare in the Community. 8.00 Steve Penk’s Radio Nightmares. 9.00 Great Lives. 9.30 The Ice Princess. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Meet David Sedaris. 10.30 Radio Five. 11.30 Richard Herring’s Objective. 12.00 Blithe Spy. 1.00 The Sand Leopard. 1.30 Lord of Misrule. 2.00 Sweet Sorrow. 2.15 Flying Visits. 2.30 On the Rocks. 3.00 The Burkiss Way. 3.30 The World As We Know It. 4.00 The Unbelievable Truth. 4.30 Clare in the Community.