Book Of The Week: Slow Rise: A Bread-Making g Adventure

Monday- Friday, Radio 4, 9.45am & 12.30am Adrian Scarborough h (right) reads Robert t Penn’s account of his is globetrotting efforts s to find the ingredients needed to make the perfect loaf of bread, a journey that took him to Africa, Europe, America and the Black Mountains of Wales.

Metamorphosis – How Insects Transformed Our World (MondayFriday, Radio 4, 1.45pm) is a new entomological series that begins with an insight into the humble flea.

Shock Waves (Radio 4, 4pm) is a five-part programme in which artists discuss their response to Covid-19.

Radio 4, 6.30pm

The fourth series of Edward Rowett’s sitcom set in the world of advertising. Head of the agency Rupert Hardacre (Nigel Havers, right) t hasn’t been seen for two months, months but everything seems to be going smoothly, prompting the staff to ask whether he was ever needed at all.

In Club 18-30 (Radio 4, 11am) Marie Le Conte explores the so-called ‘crisis cohort’ whose adult lives have been deeply affected by the financial crash of 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Christine Bottomley, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Meera Syal star in Amanda Dalton’s Drama: The Ventriloquist’s Dummy (Radio 4, 2.15pm).