TODAY’S RADIO

WILD INSIDE 11AM, RADIO 4

★★★★

Jaguars have unusually large, round heads and very strong jaws, allowing them to make short work of a crocodile’s head should the need arise. In this new, three-part series, evolutionary biologist Ben Garrod and expert veterinary surgeon Jess French explore the powerful anatomy of that ruthless hunter, the jaguar.

MOVING PICTURES 11.30AM, RADIO 4

★★★★ Rubens’s painting The Feast Of Herod seems a cheery scene at first. Dinner is well under way, and a young woman in a red dress proffers a dish. Look closer, though, and you realise that she’s Salome – and that’s John the Baptist’s head on the plate. Cathy Fitzgerald invites you to

follow a link to Google Arts & Culture’s high-resolution image of the painting to explore Rubens’s techniques and the hidden messages of this work.

RADIO 2 IN CONCERT 7PM, RADIO 2

★★★★★ Coldplay will be in the BBC Radio Theatre for another world-class live concert. Duran Duran set things rolling last week with the first of these fab concerts in a long, long time; now, Chris Martin and the rest of the band take up the baton. They’ll give us classics from their back catalogue, plus tracks from their recent release, Music Of The Spheres.

A LINE IN THE WATER 8PM, RADIO 4

★★★★

Neil Mccarthy looks at some of the many complex problems raised by the implementation of the Brexit trade border. Then, he gets on board the ferry that travels between Birkenhead and Belfast, talks to passengers, lorry drivers and crew about the border, then peers out at the grey cold water and ponders the problems of creating a border in the middle of the Irish Sea. SJ

The jaguar (11am, Radio 4)