TODAY’S RADIO

INTERPRETERS ON THE FRONT LINE 4PM, RADIO 4

HHHH Isaac gets woken at night by police and medics in urgent need of help. Isaac is an Urdu translator who can be called upon for murder interrogations, life-changing healthcare consultations and asylum statements. In this interview, he talks about finding words for the devastating stories he hears.

MY TEENAGE DIARY 6.30PM, RADIO 4

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Ken Cheng, the professional poker player, mathematician and standup comedian, joins Rufus Hound to share some entries from his 2004 teenage diary. British-born Cheng flicks through the pages, looks back on his school days and recalls how it felt to be a nerd back in the day when nerds weren’t cool.

BBC PROMS 2021 7.30PM, RADIO 3 HHHHH

The Earth moves round the sun twice this evening in a concert that brings us Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, followed by Piazzolla’s The Four Seasons Of Buenos Aires. Joshua Bell directs the Academy of St Martin In The Fields, starting with the sounds of birdsong and joy from Vivaldi’s musical account of spring, through to the silvery, icy sounds of winter. Then, we go to the southern hemisphere, where the four seasons have a different sound that’s marked by the rhythms of the tango.

MASTERTAPES 11.30PM, RADIO 4

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It was always a delight to see young Corinne Bailey Rae wearing a pretty frock, singing her sweet songs about love and life; then, her husband died under difficult circumstances. Drawing on her grief, Corinne wrote The Sea, an album of tracks about loss – and also hope. Tonight, she answers questions from a studio audience about The

Sea, and gives us a live version of the album’s title track.

Ken Cheng (6.30pm, Radio 4)