TODAY’S RADIO

Radcliffe & Maconie

1PM, BBC 6 MUSIC

Gaz Coombes joins Mark and Stuart this afternoon, with music from his latest solo album, World’s Strongest Man. Gaz, who studied classical piano as a child and was the lead singer of The Jennifers by the time he was 16, went solo in 2010 after the demise of Supergrass. World’s Strongest Man will be his third solo album, and he tells Mark and Stuart about the inspiration behind it.

Friday Night Is Music Night

8PM, RADIO 2

Bill Kenwright, the producer and chairman of Everton Football Club, has been stage-struck since he was a lad, and has become a leading light of the West End. His productions include Blood Brothers, Jesus Christ Superstar, West Side Story, La Cage Aux Folles and more. In this concert from the London Palladium, some of the stars who have appeared in Bill’s shows join with the BBC Concert

The Full Works Concert

8PM, CLASSIC FM

Catherine Bott has put together a selection of pop served up in classic style. Queen’s music lends itself well to this treatment, as you’ll hear when The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Tolga Kashif, sweeps into Kashif’s The Queen Symphony. Other music comes from David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and Abba.

CrowdScience:

Are We Running Out Of Groundwater? 8.30PM,

BBC WORLD SERVICE Groundwater is held beneath the Earth’s surface and springs up in oases, wetlands and other outlets. It is essential, especially for wildlife, but it is drying up fast. Marnie Chesterton finds out what happens when supplies get dangerously depleted, and hears about water-saving techniques from the vineyards of Afghanistan.

A Good Read

11PM, RADIO 4

Tony Parsons, Olly Mann and Harriett Gilbert enthuse about favourite books, including Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty and The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. SJ