Drama: The Tomb Radio 4, 3pm

Neil Stuke (right) and Noof Ousellam head the cast of this twopart tale. It focuses on the Egyptian who assisted

Howard Carter during the search for

Tutankhamun’s tomb, which was unearthed in the Valley of the Kings in November 1922.

During Pete Murray In His Own Words (Radio 2, 12midnight), the actor and veteran broadcaster, who turned 97 in September, talks about his long and successful showbusiness career with fellow DJ Steve Wright.

Archive On 4: The Battle Of The Brows (Radio 4, 8pm) uses the BBC’s archives to illustrate how British intellectuals waged a cultural war during the corporation’s first 50 years.