Today’s radio choice

The Reunion Radio 4, 11.15am

Kirsty Wark gets a new series off to an impressive start, taking us back to the late1970s when children’s television grew up overnight with the launch of Grange Hill, the BBC’s hugely popular twice-weekly soap set in a credibly gritty London comprehensive.

RADIO 1 FM 97.6-99.8MHZ

6.00am Radio 1’s Chillout Anthems 7.00 Adele Roberts 10.00 Radio 1 Anthems 10.30 Newsbeat 10.32 Radio 1 Anthems 11.02 Radio 1 at Boardmasters with Dean and Vicky 1.00pm Radio 1 at Boardmasters with Dean and Vicky 4.00 Radio 1’s Life Hacks 6.00 The Official Chart 7.00 Radio 1’s Chillest Show 9.00 Rock Show with Daniel P Carter 11.00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 12.00 Radio 1’s Future Soul with Victoria Jane 1.30am Radio 1’s UK R&B Mix 2.00 Radio 1’s Decompression Session 3.00 Radio 1’s Chill Mix 3.30 Radio 1’s Motivate Me Mix 4.00 Radio 1 Dance 5.00 - 6.57am Radio 1 Early Breakfast

RADIO 2 FM 88-90.2MHZ

6.00am Good Morning Sunday 9.00 Steve Wright’s Sunday Love Songs 11.00 Katie Piper 1.00pm Elaine Paige on Sunday 3.00 Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 5.00 Paul O’Grady 7.00 Tony Blackburn’s Golden Hour 8.00 Sunday Night Is Music Night 10.00 Radio 2 Unwinds with Angela Griffin 12.00 Phil Williams 3.00am Alternative Sounds of the 90s with Dermot O’Leary 4.00 - 6.30am Early Breakfast Show

RADIO 3 FM 90.2-92.4MHZ

7.00am Breakfast 9.00 Sunday Morning 11.00 BBC Proms 2022 1.00pm Proms Chamber Music 2022 2.00 The Early Music Show 3.00 Choral Evensong 4.00 Jazz Record Requests 5.00 The Listening Service Wark reunites some of the best-known names from the pioneering early days: Todd Carty ( “Tucker” Jenkins), Susan Tully (Suzanne Ross), Lee MacDonald (whose character “Zammo” got hooked on heroin in the series’ most controversial storyline), Erkan Mustafa (the bullied “Roly” Browning) and Simone Nylander (Janet St Clair). 5.30 Words and Music 6.45 Sunday Feature: The Myth and Mystery of Anja Thauer 7.30 BBC Proms 2022 10.00 Record Review Extra 11.00 Free the Music with Pekka Kuusisto 12.00 Classical Fix 12.30am - 6.30am Through the Night

RADIO 4 FM 92.4-94.6MHZ; LW 198KHZ

6.00am News Headlines 6.05 Something Understood 6.35 On Your Farm 6.57 Weather 7.00 News 7.00 Sunday Papers 7.10 Sunday 7.54 Radio 4 Appeal 7.57 Weather 8.00 News 8.00 Sunday Papers 8.10 Sunday Worship 8.48 A Point of View 8.58 Tweet of the Day 9.00 Broadcasting House 10.00 The Archers 11.15 The Reunion 12.00 News 12.01pm LW: Shipping 12.04 I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 12.32 The Food Programme 12.57 Weather 1.00 The World This Weekend 1.30 Black Roots 2.00 Gardeners’ Question Time 2.45 The Five Faces of Leonardo 3.00 Drama: Brick Lane 4.00 Open Book 4.30 Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics 5.00 From Kabul to Manchester 5.40 Witness 5.54 Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00 Six O’Clock News 6.15 Pick of the Week 7.00 The Archers 7.15 Alexei Sayle’s Strangers on a Train 7.45 Three Fires 8.00 Feedback 8.30 Last Word 9.00 Surviving the Cost of Living 9.25 Radio 4 Appeal 9.30 Princess 9.59 Weather 10.00 The Westminster Hour 11.00 Loose Ends 11.30 Something Understood 12.00 News and Weather 12.15am Sideways 12.45 Bells on Sunday 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00 As World Service 5.20 Shipping 5.30 News Briefing 5.43 Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today Natalie Haynes Stands up for the Classics Radio 4, 4.30pm Eight series in, comedian and classicist Natalie Haynes is having to broaden her scope beyond the individual figures of myth and history she’s focused on to date, kicking off today with an exploration of a town. Not just any old town, of course, 5.58 - 6.00am Tweet of the Day

RADIO 5 LIVE MW 693 & 909KHZ

6.00am 5 Live Science 7.00 Sunday Breakfast 10.00 Helen Skelton 12.00 5 Live Sport 2.00pm 5 Live Sport 4.00 5 Live Sport 4.30 5 Live Sport 6.30 6-0-6 8.00 Kammy & Ben’s Proper Football Podcast 8.30 Different with Nicky Campbell 9.00 Stephen Nolan 12.00 How Do You Cope? With Elis and John 1.00am Dotun Adebayo 5.00 - 6.00am Wake Up to Money

CLASSIC FM FM 99.9-101.9MHZ

7.00am Aled Jones 10.00 John Brunning 1.00pm Catherine Bott 4.00 John Humphrys 7.00 Smooth Classics at Seven 9.00 Chi-chi’s Classical Champions 10.00 Smooth Classics 1.00am Karthi Gnanasegaram 4.00 - 6.00am Early Breakfast

WORLD SERVICE DIGITAL ONLY

6.00am Weekend 8.30 Pick of the World 8.50 Over to You 9.00 News 9.06 From Our Own Correspondent 9.30 Outlook 10.00 News 10.06 Trending 10.30 Heart and Soul 11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 This is Africa 12.00 News 12.06pm BBC Proms on the World Service 1.00 Newshour 2.00 News 2.06 The Forum 2.50 Over to You 3.00 News 3.06 Music Life 4.00 News 4.06 Sportsworld 7.00 The Newsroom 7.30 Outlook 8.00 News 8.06 The History Hour 9.00 Newshour 10.00 News 10.06 Trending 10.30 Pick of the World 10.50 Over to You 11.00 The Newsroom 11.20 Sports but ancient Rome’s bestknown disaster zone, Pompeii. Haynes brings her trademark biting humour to a well-worn story, drawing out the idiosyncrasies of Pliny the Younger’s famous eye-witness report of the world’s best known volcanic eruption, illuminating both the horror and humanity of those who found themselves trapped in the disaster. News 11.30 Outlook 12.00 News 12.06am From Our Own Correspondent 12.30 Heart and Soul 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 Discovery 2.00 The Newsroom 2.30 The Climate Question 3.00 News 3.06 Tech Tent 3.30 Pick of the World 3.50 Over to You 4.00 The Newsroom 4.30 The Conversation 5.00 - 8.00am Newsday

RADIO 4 EXTRA DIGITAL ONLY

6.00am Loitering with Intent 6.45 Lady Curzon and a Pineapple 7.00 Shoot from the Hip – The World’s Coolest Camera 7.15 Inheritance Tracks 7.20 Speaking for Themselves: Omnibus – Part Two 8.30 Home to Roost 9.00 Take It from Here 9.30 Coming Alive 10.00 Desert Island Discs 10.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories 11.00 Radiolab 11.55 Inheritance Tracks 12.00 Poetry Extra 12.30pm Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 1.00 The Vital Spark: Appointment in Arezzo Omnibus 2.10 Inheritance Tracks 2.20 The Frederica Quartet – Omnibus 3.30 Reel Histories – Dam Busters 4.00 Matilda 5.00 Poetry Extra 5.30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! 6.00 Ray Bradbury’s Tales of the Bizarre 6.30 Earthsea 7.00 Radiolab 7.55 Inheritance Tracks 8.00 Matilda 9.00 Desert Island Discs 9.45 David Attenborough’s Life Stories 10.00 Comedy Club 10.55 The Comedy Club Interview 11.00 Comedy Club 12.00 Ray Bradbury’s Tales of the Bizarre 12.30am Earthsea 1.00 The Vital Spark: Appointment in Arezzo Omnibus 2.10 Inheritance Tracks 2.20 The Frederica Quartet – Omnibus 3.30 Reel Histories – Dam Busters 4.00 Matilda 5.00 Poetry Extra 5.30 - 6.00am Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!