In The Studio

BBC World Service, 11.30am & 10.30pm

Axel Scheffler

(right) is best known for illustrating the books of children’s author Julia

Donaldson, including

The Gruffalo and Stick

Man. Here he talks about his latest work, Jim’s Spectacular Christmas, a collaboration with Emma Thompson.

Drama: Heartstrings (Radio 4, 2.15pm) stars Rosalind Burt and Charlie Layburn as a former couple whose trip to Norfolk goes from bad to worse as she’s overcome by guilt concerning her mother’s suicide.

File On 4 (Radio 4, 8pm) focuses on UK victims of trafficking amid concerns they’re less likely to receive help than their foreign counterparts.