Flight Of The Ospreys

Radio 4, 9.30am

With Scotland’s ospreys about to set off on their epic autumn flight to

West Africa, Emily

Knight (right) joins biologist Sacha

Dench’s team following the birds of prey from Loch Garten to Ghana. Along the way, she will learn about the challenges the birds face from climate change and wetlands poisoned by pesticides.

The Documentary (BBC World Service, 9am & 8pm) tells the story of a deaf man freed from slavery by the British Royal Navy in the 19th Century.

Mark Lawson’s topically inspired Drama: Hot Drafts (Radio 4, 2.15pm) follows a speechwriter during a time of crisis on Downing Street.