TODAY’S RADIO

Chris Evans

6.30AM, RADIO 2 Ben and Crissie – who make up the country rock duo The Shires – will be on today’s show, playing songs from their new album, My Universe. Mark Strong is also on the show to talk about his role in A View From The Bridge at the National Theatre, and Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Pena talk about their comedy, War On Everyone.

Nemone

10AM, BBC 6 MUSIC The DJ Nemone looks after Lauren Laverne’s show this morning. She will be joined by the Glasgowbased duo Stina Tweeddale and Cat Myers, aka Honeyblood, who will perform a session in the Live Room, including songs from their second album, Babes Never Die.

Curvalicious

11AM, RADIO 4 African-Caribbean cuisine has healthy amounts of fish and vegetables, but unhealthy amounts of fried food. This, plus a perception that women from African and Caribbean backgrounds should be curvy, is causing serious health issues. The writer Bonnie Greer and the academic Dionne Taylor look at the long-term health problems caused by the pursuit of a curvy physique, and hear from a white woman about to have plastic surgery to get the ‘perfect black bottom’.

Radcliffe & Maconie

1PM, BBC 6 MUSIC The American singer-songwriter Sid Griffin joins Stuart Maconie this lunchtime to talk about one of his favourite bands, The Bangles, whose hits included Manic Monday and Walk Like An Egyptian.

Afternoon On 3

2PM, RADIO 3 Bach’s wonderful Double Violin Concerto – which has the violins swapping melodies, counterpoints and moods – comes live this afternoon from St Paul’s Church Knightsbridge in a concert that ends with Mahler’s Symphony No 1.

Friday Night Is Music Night

8PM, RADIO 2 Singers Madeline Bell and Ian Shaw join the Guy Barker Big Band and the BBC Concert Orchestra for a programme of music celebrating the work of the great musical all-rounder Quincy Jones.

Bonnie Greer (11am, Radio 4)