Daily Mail

PICK OF TODAY’S RADIO

THE SHADOW POPE, 9PM, RADIO 4

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POPE BENEDICT, nicknamed Pope Prada, lives in a former nunnery in the Vatican City, while Pope Francis, who has the more affectiona­te nickname of Papa Pancho, lives in modest rooms in a Vatican guesthouse. Benedict (pictured far right) — who resigned the papacy in 2013 — is a traditiona­list, while Francis (near right), who has spent so much of his life working with the poor, is a reformer. The Italian journalist Massimo Franco reports how two rival courts now exist behind the Vatican walls, threatenin­g to embroil the Catholic church in a damaging power struggle.

■ HURRAY! They’re back! Jack Dee is in the chair, Colin Sell is at the piano and Jon Culshaw, Jan Ravens, Milton Jones and Andy Hamilton are on the teams for I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T A CLUE (6.30PM, RADIO 4) — and the questions in this antidote to quiz games are madder than ever. If you haven’t had the good fortune to hear this programme full of wit, song and foolishnes­s, do yourself a favour and let Radio 4’s finest show brighten up your Mondays.

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