The Coming Storm

Radio 4, 11am

BBC foreign correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse (right) looks at the dark underbelly of modern America, from conspiracysoaked bars in 1990s Arkansas through to QAnon. But he begins in 2021 by revealing his first meeting with one of the Trump followers who later stormed the Capitol building.

Pakistan’s Long Game (Radio 4, 8pm) examines how the country outwitted the US in Afghanistan – securing its objectives while receiving billions of dollars of American aid.

In Free Thinking (Radio 3, 10pm) Matthew Sweet explores the career of iconic actor Jean-Paul Belmondo.