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SIGRID, the young Norwegian singersongwriter who wowed the crowd at Glastonbury in 2017, joins JO WHILEY & SIMON MAYO (RADIO 2, 5PM). Sigrid had a big hit with Don’t Kill My Vibe and will be performing her new single, Sucker Punch, live in the studio this afternoon.

JENNIFER SAUNDERS’S dad drove a Ford Zephyr. It was the pride of his life, and he spent a great deal of his time polishing it. Jennifer (pictured) — who has inherited her father’s love of cars — describes herself as a petrolhead and has been the proud owner of Alfa Romeos, Porsches, Jaguars and Land Rovers. She tells Victoria Coren Mitchell about her life behind the wheel in the second of the new series of WOMEN TALKING ABOUT CARS (RADIO 4, 6.30PM).

THE golden age of the LP began in 1967, when The Beatles released their Sgt Pepper album. This wasn’t just a bunch of songs written in the hope of entertaining fans or to get people dancing at parties; this was a work of art. In the third of his witty and insightful series

THE ESSAY: THE LOST WORLD OF THE LP (RADIO 3, 10.45PM),

David Hepworth recalls the ceremonies involved in buying a new LP, poring over the sleeve notes and even using this piece of vinyl as a means to attract the opposite sex.