Drama: No Place But The Water Radio 4, 2.15pm

Linda Marshall

Griffiths’ drama set in a flooded future world returns for a third series. Laurie has been taken and

Gil (Rupert Hill, right), who is struggling with his broken arm, tries to hold the family together. While Jessie and Cal want to embark on a search, Birdie has a plan to find the Library of Everything.

In The Studio (BBC World Service, 11.30am & 10.30pm) follows celebrated operatic conductor Carlo Rizzi’s bid to revive Saverio Mercadante’s opera Il Proscritto after 180 years.

In this week’s Great Lives (Radio 4, 4.30pm) John Timpson nominates formidable mathematician and educationalist Kathleen Ollerenshaw.