RADIO CHOICE

ARTHUR CRAVAN was a nephew of Oscar Wilde’s and liked to kit himself out on occasions in the sort of clothes Oscar might have worn — and he wasn’t above forging his uncle’s signature. Among other things, Arthur was a poet, boxer, sailor, prospector, cardsharp, chauffeur and thief. He swanned around the Continent, living the bohemian life, then scarpered to America to avoid World War I. He was thought to have drowned off the coast of Mexico, but may not have. Arthur Smith presents THE ARTHUR CRAVAN MEMORIAL SOCIETY (RADIO 4 EXTRA, 6.30AM, 1.30PM, 8.30PM), an entertaining account of an eventful life.

ROBERT EMMS (pictured) and Michelle Terry star in CONTROL (RADIO 4, 2.15PM), set in the tense world of air-traffic control.

Flights are coming in and out, and planes are held ready for take-off and landing — then, the unthinkable happens. This drama by Adrian Penketh takes a revealing turn during the closing ten minutes.

VULA VIEL (which means Good Is Good in the Dagaare language of Ghana) use an odd selection of instruments, fusing a xylophone from West Africa with electronica and minimal music. Kathryn Tickell invites the UK-based jazz trio into the studio for this week’s MUSIC PLANET (RADIO 3, 11PM); then, Betto Arcos takes us on a road trip to Texas.