TODAY’S RADIO

PEOPLE FIXING THE WORLD

8.06AM, 3.06PM, 11.06PM,

BBC WORLD SERVICE HHH We are becoming horribly aware of long-term effects, including dementia, resulting from head injuries incurred through sports such as football, rugby and boxing. This programme looks at technological innovations, including high-impact helmets and smart mouth guards, that aim to reduce the risk of sports-related brain damage.

HOUSES OF HORROR

2.30PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA HHHH

Peter Cushing felt his acting career had been a bit of a failure. Meanwhile, his friend Christopher Lee was getting a bit fed up with getting cast as a spear carrier or chariot driver. They both started working with the British film company Hammer, as well as with rival studio Amicus. Through the 1960s and 1970s, the tall, gangling thespians wore the fangs and swirled the capes as they sent chills down the spines of cinema audiences. Here, film buff Matthew Sweet salutes the talents of these two bloodcurdlers.

THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT

8PM, CLASSIC FM HHH

Is Schubert’s Eighth Symphony finished or not? It has only two movements, instead of three. Music scholars come up with theories about the missing movement, while various composers have cobbled together finales for the Symphony, based on Schubert’s notebooks. John Suchet features the work tonight, and as you’ll hear, it sounds quite perfect and complete just as it is.

THE JAZZ SHOW WITH JAMIE CULLUM

9PM, RADIO 2 HHHH The talented, energetic Afrojazz group Nubiyan Twist are on Jamie Cullum’s show. The band got going at the Leeds College of Music, and you can hear the impressive line-up of virtuoso musicians in tonight’s live set.

Peter Cushing (2.30pm, R4 Extra)