RADIO CHOICE

COMPOSER Alan Silvestri and songwriter Glen Ballard (pictured) are an interesting pair of musicmakers. Together, they have produced great movie songs; separately, they have worked with top-rank stars, including Aerosmith and Aretha Franklin. Their latest collaboration, Back To The Future: The Musical, is currently lighting up London’s West End. They join KEN BRUCE (RADIO 2, 9.30AM) each morning this week to talk about their music and pick their Tracks Of My Years.

AS HE’S portrayed in the Old Testament, God seems very human. He walks, talks, gets angry and laughs, and his contact

with mankind is close. In the daily series GOD: AN ANATOMY (RADIO 4, 9.45AM, (FM), 12.30AM), the Hebrew scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou

combs through scriptures to build up an image of the God of the Bible.

STRANGE grating noises and vibrations have affected U.S. and Canadian diplomats based in Cuba. The source of the noises is a mystery, but these disturbing sounds appear to cause memory and hearing loss, as well as nausea. Recently, U.S. diplomats and spies working in Vienna have reported similar symptoms. Gordon Corera investigates for CROSSING CONTINENTS (RADIO 4, 8.30PM), and wonders if the noises are some form of microwave or sonic attack.