RADIO GUIDE

RADIO 4

5.30 News Briefing. 5.43 Prayer for the Day. 5.45 Farming Today. 6.00 Today. 9.00 The Life Scientific. 9.30 Inside Health. 10.00 Woman’s Hour. 11.00 Screenshot. 11.45 Book of the Week: An African History of Africa. 12.00 News. 12.04 Call You and Yours. 12.57 Weather. 1.00 The World at One. 1.45 Glued Up: The Sticky Story of Humanity. 2.00 The Archers. 2.15 Drama: Song of the Reed: Swallowtail. 3.00 Don’t Log Off. 3.30 Beyond Belief. 4.00 Split Ends.

4.30 Your Place or Mine. 5.00 PM. 5.57 Weather. 6.00 Six O’Clock News. 6.30 Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones! New series. The king of one-liners and a cast of friends helps people solve their problems. 7.00 The Archers. Alice struggles to keep a promise and Jazzer spots an opening. 7.15 Front Row. A round-up of news, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. 8.00 File on 4. A discussion on current affairs issues of major concern. 8.40 In Touch. News, views and information for people who are blind or partially sighted, presented by Peter White. 9.00 Crossing Continents. Jane Chambers travels to Puerto Rico to learn about the cultural significance of reggaeton music and meet the people who took it from misogynist roots to the LGBTQ community. 9.30 Three Million. Starvation grips Bengal, but the colonial authorities refuse to call it a famine, out of fear that Britain’s wartime enemies would use the crisis as propaganda against them. 9.59 Weather. 10.00 The World Tonight. 10.45 Book at Bedtime: Prophet Song.

11.00 The Confessional. 11.30 Today in Parliament. 12.00 News and Weather. 12.30 Book of the Week: An African History of Africa. 12.48 Shipping Forecast. 1.00 As BBC World Service. 5.20 Shipping Forecast.

RADIO 3

6.30 Breakfast. 9.30 Essential Classics. 1.00 News. 1.02 Classical Live. 4.00 Composer of the Week: Grieg. Grieg encounters two musicians who seek to express in music the spirit of Norway. 5.00 In Tune. Sean Rafferty speaks to Dame Evelyn Glennie. 7.00 Classical Mixtape. A selection of classical favourites mixed with jazz, folk and music from around the world. 7.30 Radio 3 in Concert. Ian Skelly presents soprano Julia Sporsen, chief conductor AnnaMaria Helsing and the BBC Concert Orchestra in songs by Sibelius and his contemporaries. 9.45 The Essay: Renewing the Past – The BBC and Early Music. Nicholas Kenyon explores how by the 1930s the BBC had become a powerful influence on national taste and there were strong voices urging it to do more for British music. 10.00 Night Tracks. 11.30 ’Round Midnight. 12.30 Through the Night.

CLASSIC FM

6.30 Classic FM Breakfast with Dan Walker. 9.00 The Classic FM Hall of Fame Hour. 10.00 Alexander Armstrong. 1.00 Anne-Marie Minhall. 4.00 Margherita Taylor. Margherita presents three hours of classical favourites. 7.00 Relaxing Evenings. Zeb Soanes presents the evening show, promising everything from all-time favourites to contemporary classics. 10.00 Calm Classics. 1.00 Bill Overton. 4.00 Early Breakfast.

RADIO 4 EXTRA

5.00 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. 6.00 The Sensitive – The Hanged Man. 6.45 Final Sacrament. 7.00 The Michael Bentine Show. 7.30 The Goon Show. 8.00 The Wilsons Save the World. 8.30 Small Pleasures. 8.45 To the Lighthouse. 9.00 Yesterday in Parliament. 9.30 On the Map. 9.45 Daily Service. 10.00 A Good Read. 10.30 Just Like That. 11.00 The Sensitive – The Hanged Man. 11.45 Final Sacrament. 12.00 The Michael Bentine Show. 12.30 The Goon Show. 1.00 The Wilsons Save the World. 1.30 Small Pleasures. 1.45 To the Lighthouse. 2.00 Hidden Treasures. 2.30 The Change. 3.00 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. 4.00 A Good Read. 4.30 Just Like That. 5.00 The Sensitive – The Hanged Man. 5.45 Final Sacrament. 6.00 The Michael Bentine Show. 6.30 The Goon Show. 7.00 The Wilsons Save the World. 7.30 Small Pleasures. 7.45 To the Lighthouse. 8.00 Hidden Treasures. 8.30 The Change. 9.00 The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. 10.00 Comedy Club. 10.00 Tim Key’s Poetry Programme. 10.30 Josh Howie’s Losing It. 11.00 At Home with the Snails. 11.30 Pleased to Meet You. 12.00 A Good Read. 12.30 Just Like That. 1.00 The Sensitive – The Hanged Man. 1.45 Final Sacrament. 2.00 The Michael Bentine Show. 2.30 The Goon Show. 3.00 The Wilsons Save the World. 3.30 Small Pleasures. 3.45 To the Lighthouse. 4.00 Hidden Treasures. 4.30 The Change.