Lady Killers With Lucy Worsley

Radio 4, 11.30am

The historian (right) investigates the crimes of Victorian women from a contemporary, feminist perspective.

She begins with the story of Florence Bravo, who was believed to have poisoned her husband in 1876. But was she a cold-blooded killer or an abused wife?

The first edition of Just One Thing With Michael Mosley (Radio 4, 9.30am) looks at the extraordinary effects of beetroot on the body and brain.

Maggie Steed stars in the latest Little Lifetimes (Radio 4, 11pm). It’s a comic monologue about a grandmother who is determined not to lose touch with her beloved granddaughter.