TODAY’S RADIO

NATURAL HISTORIES 6.35AM, RADIO 4

★★★ Natterjack toads are small, mainly nocturnal and probably Europe’s noisiest amphibians. These amorous toads, known along the Sefton coast as ‘the Bootle organ’, make quite a racket at night in the mating season as they try to attract females. Brett Westwood hears how teams of volunteers work to prevent ardent toads from being killed when these amphibians attempt to hop busy roads to return to their breeding grounds.

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED 10AM, 9PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA

★★★★

Judi Dench, who must have a room full of awards, is Kirsty Young’s castaway in this repeated

edition of a programme first broadcast in 2015. She talks about her professional debut as Ophelia in a 1957 Old Vic Company production of Hamlet, getting her first Oscar nomination for the role of Queen Victoria in

Mrs Brown, and changing the world of 007 with her appearances as M in the James Bond films.

THE ARCHBISHOP INTERVIEWS 1.30PM, RADIO 4 ★★★

Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has been interviewing people who have made a significant contribution to public life. In this third of a six-part series, the Archbishop will be asking the former Prime Minister Tony Blair about faith, spirituality and morality, and his moral ‘touchstone’ during difficult times.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT 7PM, RADIO 2

★★★★

Big songs from the stage and screen will lift spirits this evening in this concert given by BBC Concert Orchestra. The singers are Louise Dearman and the actor Graham Bickley; the music comes from The Wizard Of Oz, Mary Poppins, On The Town, Chicago, A Star Is Born and Frozen. SJ

Tony Blair (1.30pm, Radio 4)