THIS WEEK’S RADIO PICKS

SUNDAY SUNDAY FEATURE: AFTERWORDS RADIO 3, 6.45PM

A tribute to the Pulitzer- and Nobelwinning novelist Toni Morrison, who died last year. The author of the 1987 novel Beloved chronicled the black American experience and was a huge influence on writers and activists. The programme includes excerpts from BBC interviews and contributions from admirers. MONDAY

WALKS LIKE A DUCK RADIO 4, 11AM

As a person with muscular dystrophy, Louise Halling finds most media coverage of disability ‘judge-y and boring’. Creative and adventurous, she records her daily life and its tribulations in a sometimes surprisingly colourful manner.

BLOODSPORT RADIO 4, 1.45PM

Matt Majendie relates the systematic doping by the

Russian state uncovered at the 2012 and 2014 Olympics, its unmasking, the fallout from the revelations and how the cheating continues today. Among those interviewed over ten episodes are Paula Radcliffe, Olympics head Sebastian Coe and the Russian whistleblowers who have risked their lives.

TUESDAY THE THREE TENORS CLASSIC FM, 8PM

One of the most famous classical contests ever took place in Rome 30 years ago on the eve of the 1990 World Cup final. Seen by 800 million people, The Three Tenors launched

Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and José Carreras into the operatic stratosphere and changed the way classical music was perceived

WEDNESDAY DRAMA: THE TRIAL OF JOSEPH KNIGHT RADIO 4, 2.15PM

May Sumbwanyambe’s play is set at the end of the 18th Century in Scotland. A plantation owner returns to Perthshire with an African slave, Joseph, whom he educates and makes a servant. Joseph’s escape and recapture help kick-start the abolition of slavery in Britain.

THURSDAY REINCARNATHAN RADIO 4, 6.30PM

Return of the comedy series about a pop star’s adventures in the afterlife with Daniel Rigby and Diane Morgan (aka Philomena Cunk). Nathan is brought back as a pet cat in the home of the granny he never liked. Will he learn to be nicer, and will he make it back to being a human again?

FRIDAY SOUNDS OF THE 80S WITH GARY DAVIES RADIO 2, 9PM

It’s 35 years since Live

Aid had 40 per cent of the world’s population captivated as acts including Queen with Freddie Mercury (left) played in London and Philadelphia in aid of victims of the Ethiopian famine. Co-organiser Sir Bob Geldof guests on the My 80s slot.