With Great Pleasure At Christmas

Radio 4, 7am As The Archers’ 70th anniversary approaches, members of the cast, including Charles Collingwood od (right), read a selection tion of poetry and prose.

Rachel Joyce’s Drama: Christmas By The Lake (Radio 4, 2.15pm) stars Niamh Cusack and Robert Lindsay as strangers who meet when she wrongly assumes he’s drowning in the park.

Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! (Radio 4, 11.30am) finds the variety star buying his presents at the pound shop.

Eddie Hearn: No Passion, No Point (5 Live, 12.30pm & 6pm) features interviews with Frank Lampard and sprinter Dina Asher-Smith.