RADIO CHOICE

BILL KENWRIGHT, the producer and chairman of Everton Football Club, has been stage-struck since he was a lad and has become a leading light of the West End. Some of the stars who have appeared in Bill’s shows joined the BBC Concert Orchestra for a FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT (RADIO 2, 8PM) celebration of his career. Don Black was the host, and the singers include Kiki Dee, Tommy Steele and Michael Ball (pictured).

CATHERINE BOTT has put together a selection of pop served up in classic style for tonight’s FULL WORKS CONCERT (CLASSIC FM, 8PM). Queen’s music lends itself well to this treatment, as you’ll hear when The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra sweeps into Tolga Kashif’s The Queen Symphony. Other music comes from

David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant and Abba.

GROUNDWATER is held beneath the Earth’s surface and springs up in oases, wetlands and other outlets. It is essential, especially for wildlife, but it is drying up fast. Marnie Chesterton presents CROWDSCIENCE: WILL WE RUN OUT OF GROUNDWATER? (BBC WORLD SERVICE, 8.30PM),

finding out what happens when supplies get dangerously depleted, and hearing about watersaving techniques from the vineyards of Afghanistan.