The Infinite Monkeyy Cage

Radio 4, 4.30pm

Brian Cox (right) and Robin Ince begin a new series by singing the praises of those most maligned of all insects, the flies. Comedian and writer David Baddiel, el entomologist Erica McAlister and zoologist Matthew Cobb all join in the discussion.

Before that, Dante 2021 (Radio 4, 4pm) hears from the BBC’s Europe Editor Katya Adler, who examines what lessons Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy has for the 21st Century.

David Mitchell returns with comedy panel show The Unbelievable Truth (Radio 4, 6.30pm). Tonight’s guests are Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Miles Jupp and Holly Walsh.