Drama: The Complete Smiley: Call For The Dead

Radio 4, 2.45pm Another welcome chance to hear an adaptation of John le Carré’s thriller. Simon Russell Beale le (right) plays George e Smiley who, in 1950s 0s London London, investigates the supposed suicide of a civil servant recently cleared of being a communist sympathiser.

A performance of Mozart’s The Abduction From The Seraglio, by the Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, takes centre stage in Opera On 3 (Radio 3, 6.30pm).

In Loose Ends (Radio 4, 6.15pm) Clive Anderson chats to politician and author Peter Hain, actor Ralf Little and crime writer Mari Hannah.