Desert Island Discs

Radio 4, 11.15am

Jay Blades (right) tells Lauren Laverne about his rise to fame from furniture restorer to host of the hugely popular The Repair Shop. He also reveals the music and the luxury item that he’d take with him to the mythical island.

Drama On 3: The Pride Of Parnell Street (Radio 3, 7.30pm) stars Aidan Kelly and Mary Murray as an estranged couple examining what drove them apart, as well as their love for their home city of Dublin.

ThePerformanceOfMyLife (Radio 4, 7.45pm) is a series of five narratives about the stage stars of yesteryear. It begins with Janie Dee reading Dame Ellen Terry’s remembrances.