Great Lives Radio 4, 4.30pm
Presenter Matthew
Parris is joined by garden designer
Joe Swift (right), who shares his passion for poet and spoken-word musician Gil ScottHeron. They also chat to Malik Al Nasir, who became Scott-Heron’s protégé after a chance encounter at a concert.
In The Documentary (BBC World Service, 8pm) architecture critic Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on the Grand Egyptian Museum project, set to become the the world’s largest archaeological museum.
BBC current affairs reporter Tim Whewell follows the story of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine in The Fate Of Russia’s Soldiers (Radio 4, 8pm).