Fred At The Stand

Radio 4, , 11pm p

Fred MacAulay (right) ht) showcases some of the UK’s leading stand-up comedians – although, as the club circuit is still out of action, their performances have e been recorded virtually. ually

In Radio 3 In Concert (Radio 3, 7.30pm) Douglas Boyd makes his debut conducting the BBC National Orchestra Of Wales in works celebrating the British Isles, including Thomas Mendelssohn’s overture The Hebrides (Fingal’s Cave).

Shahidha Bari talks to authors Jenni Fagan and Salena Godden about their new novels, which focus on the devil’s daughter and Mrs Death respectively in Free Thinking (Radio 3, 10pm).