What’s Left Of Kerouac? Radio 4, 11.30am

Last month marked the centenary of Jack Kerouac’s (right) birth.

His novel On The Road was a sensation when it was published in 1957, but as Geoff Dyer, A.M. Homes and Holly George-Warren examine his legacy, they ask if his writing and image still resonate the way they once did.

Ken Bruce (Radio 2, 9.30am) welcomes Michael Bublé to the Piano Room for a special performance.

In Free Thinking (Radio 3, 10pm) Matthew Sweet, with help from Dr Shirin Hirsch of the People’s History Museum, looks ahead to May Day, the rituals surrounding it and the date’s links to ideas about collective action.