TODAY’S RADIO

GOOD MORNING SUNDAY

6AM, RADIO 2 HHHH

Radio 2’s weekend celebration of musicals carries on today, opening with Kate Bottley and Jason Mohammad – the presenters of this weekly music and spirituality programme – putting a spotlight on Jesus Christ Superstar.

DISABILITY: A NEW HISTORY

2.45PM, RADIO 4 HHHH ‘When fitted on, my wooden leg was strapped by the knee,’ wrote Thomas Jackson, a 19thcentury British soldier. ‘I looked down with the same kind of satisfaction which a dog does when he gets a tin kettle tied to his tail.’ Thomas was just one of a vast regiment of men across Europe who were wounded and maimed during the years of war with France. Here, Peter White looks at disability in the 19th century, and hears how a wooden leg was seen as a sign of survival.

FILE ON 4

5PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

Medics on the front line against Covid-19 recorded themselves in the first wave as they struggled to keep patients alive. Jane Deith revisits some of the doctors and nurses who documented the early days of the pandemic, and asks them how they survived the biggest challenge of their careers.

MUSICALS: THE GREATEST SHOW

7PM, RADIO 2 HHHHH Have you been missing the big emotional hit of musicals? Well, Radio 2 feels your pain, and brings you a solid two hours of big stars singing big songs. Sheridan Smith is your host, with a dazzling array of performers based here and in Los Angeles. Nicole Scherzinger, Josh Groban and Michael Ball are among the stars, and the songs come from The Greatest Showman, Mamma Mia!, Funny Girl, The Phantom Of The Opera, Dreamgirls, Tina and other great musicals. SJ

Nicole Scherzinger (7pm, Radio 2)