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TODAY’S RADIO

ABDICATION

10AM, 3PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA ★★★★ This two-part drama takes two very different views of the political, constitutional and religious crises caused by Edward VIII’S decision to marry the twicedivorced Wallis Simpson. Today’s episode, with Jim Broadbent as Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, looks at the fears that Edward’s marriage would bring about a collapse in the government and the disestablishment of the Church of England.

MARK FORREST

10AM, SCALA RADIO ★★★ A young British soldier and an elderly art historian meet in the ruined wine cellar of an Italian villa. It’s 1944, and the encounter will have a profound and lasting effect on both of them. Sarah Winman, author of the bestseller When God Was a Rabbit, joins Mark today to talk about her new novel, Still Life, set in war-torn Tuscany and London’s East End.

BLUE: PAIN AND PLEASURE

11.30AM, RADIO 4 (FM) ★★★★ Joni Mitchell’s album Blue came out 50 years ago and is considered, with good reason, a masterpiece. The tracks include A Case Of You, My Old Man and the clever, cynical Carey. Emeli Sande, Beth Orton and Ellie Goulding join other singers for this celebration of an album that continues to win fans and inspire musicians, decades after it was made.

OPEN COUNTRY

3PM, RADIO 4 (FM) ★★★★ Following a path of moonlight, John Aitchison paddles his kayak through the sea loch near his home in western Scotland. Dawn is breaking, geese take to the skies and a seal swims through the waters with him. The winter has been long and hard but now, as the sun rises, John looks forward to summer’s return in this atmospheric and transporting broadcast.

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