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TODAY’S RADIO
THE EXPLODING LIBRARY
11.30AM, RADIO 4 ★★★★
‘Turn everything you hear to your own advantage. Always carry a repair outfit. Take left turns as much as possible.’ Flann O’brien’s The Third Policeman is a mad ride through the English language, on a bike with a mind of its own. The book is a comic crime novel, and a story of unrequited love between a man and his bicycle. The wild, brilliant prose is best enjoyed read aloud, and comedians Josie Long, Mark Watson and Daliso Chaponda will be doing that for you today.
THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT 8PM, CLASSIC FM
★★★
It’s Thanksgiving Day in the US, and John Suchet marks the occasion with an all-american music selection. He opens with Bernstein’s Candide Overture and
ends with George Walker’s Lyric For Strings. Duke Ellington’s Solitude, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue and Scott Joplin’s The Entertainer are also on the bill.
THE PENNY DREADFULS
10.30PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA Susan Calman sits back in her armchair as she settles down to tell the story of Macbeth.
She will be joined by the actors of The Penny Dreadfuls comedy group, who have been regulars at the Edinburgh Fringe. Together, they have set themselves the daunting task of restoring the reputation of Macbeth after that ‘Wullie’ Shakespeare said such nasty things about the ambitious Thane of Cawdor.
FRED AT THE STAND 11PM, RADIO 4
★★★
Fred Macaulay returns to
The Stand Comedy Club in Newcastle with a gaggle of comedians who are currently working the British circuit. While Mark Simmons rattles out one-liners, Sammy Dobson plays to her home crowd, and David Johns transports us to a Ziggy Stardust concert. SJ