RADIO CHOICE

BOWIE speaks! Jon Culshaw takes on the voice — and some of the many personae — of David Bowie in THE FINAL TAKE: BOWIE IN THE STUDIO (WORLD SERVICE, 11.30AM, 11.30PM) ,a dramatised account of the making of Blackstar, his final album. We listen in as Bowie lays down the tracks and muses on his life. BRAVE NEW WORLD is, according to Stephen Fry, a funny book. He has recently reread it and was surprised by how much comedy Aldous Huxley put into this dystopian novel. Stephen outlines his case in this first of a new series of A GOOD READ (RADIO 4, 4.30PM). Comedian and actor Alan Davies, who is currently taking a creative writing course, chooses J.M. Coetzee’s memoir Boyhood, while presenter

Harriett Gilbert picks Muriel Spark’s A Far Cry From Kensington.

MARK RADCLIFFE introduces live music from the Glasgow festival

CELTIC CONNECTIONS

(RADIO 2, 7PM). There will be a performance from the Secret Sisters (Lydia Slagle and Laura Rogers, pictured) — often referred to as the female Everly Brothers because of their close harmonies. The line-up also includes Sam Outlaw, who plays country music with a south Californian vibe, and Arizona singer-songwriter Courtney Marie Andrews.