On the Radio Seven Days

Today

The Michael Ball Show Radio 2, 11am

Michael’s guests are comedian, actor and author Ruby Wax, and Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri.

Monday Hamilton & Me Radio 4, 9.45am

Olivier Award-winning actor Giles Terera reads from his insider’s account of his time in Hamilton, the musical. In Monday’s extract, after an offer to play his dream role,terera starts to realise the enormity of what he’s taken on.

Tuesday

BBC Proms

Radio 3, 7.30pm

Petroc Trelawny introduces the BBC Philharmonic with chief guest conductor John Storgårds in Schumann’s Symphony No 3 and Britta Byström’s Parallel Universes. Jennifer Pike joins them for Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Wednesday Zoe Ball Meets Bruce Springsteen Radio 2, 3am

The Boss chats about his record collection, the first time he heard his own music on the radio, his recently re-staged Broadway show and his podcast with Barack Obama.available to listen to any time on BBC Sounds if you aren’t a night owl!

Thursday Assignment

BBC World Service, 8pm

Israel’s Arab population is in the grip of a deadly crime wave. Yolande Knell meets victims’ families and those in authority to find out what is going on, and what hope there is for an end to the carnage.

Friday

Iggy Confidential 6 Music, 7pm

Who better to kick-start the weekend than the Stooges legend? Iggy serves up a sonic cocktail with music from Squid, Martina Topley-bird and U-roy among other acts.

Saturday

Huey Morgan

6 Music, 10am

Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy shares with Huey her memories of Djing in New York in the ’90s.