TODAY’S RADIO

39 WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET 1.45PM, RADIO 4

They are ‘mining the sky’ in Iceland and Switzerland by capturing carbon dioxide and then using it in industry or burying it underground. These systems, built by the innovative Swiss firm Climeworks, look like banks of vast air conditioners flanking a tower. Tom Heap hears about the scheme, and wonders if it’s a solution to our climate crisis – or a symbol of our inability to tackle the problem.

BBC PROMS 2021 7.30PM, RADIO 3

Samuel Coleridge-taylor was a black British composer who died in 1912. His work was immensely popular, then became unjustly neglected. The talented orchestra Chineke!, made up of ethnically diverse players, are doing their

bit to put that right tonight. They play music by Taylor – including his Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast Overture – in a concert ending with his Symphony In A minor, with Jeneba Kanneh-mason as pianist.

A LONG WAY FROM VIETNAM 8PM, RADIO 4

Migrants from Vietnam work in cannabis farms, nail bars and the service industries in Britain. The journey across China, Russia and Europe can take years. Many send money back to pay off traffickers – eventually returning home broken and empty-handed – while others die en route. Nga Pham hears from some Vietnamese migrants to learn why they are driven to these desperate measures.

THE FAKE PARALYMPIANS 8PM, WORLD SERVICE

A journalist was invited to join what would become Spain’s gold medal-winning intellectual disability basketball squad. He recognised three of his fellow players straight away, as he played with them in a team of non-disabled players. Here,

Dan Pepper tells the story of a Spanish sporting scandal.

Jeneba (7.30pm, Radio 3)