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TODAY’S RADIO

DERMOT O’LEARY 8AM, RADIO 2

★★★★

The elite cyclist Mark Cavendish has earned himself the nickname ‘the Manx Missile’. He was born on the Isle of Man, and was racing around the island on two wheels as soon as he could get on a bicycle. Mark – who seemed, at one point, to teeter on the brink of retirement from racing – tells Dermot about his return to form at the 2021 Tour de France.

CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN

10AM, RADIO 2 ★★★★

How do you write a Christmas number one? Do you do a Cliff Richard, and bung in plenty of traditional ingredients such as mistletoe and wine? Do you go left-field like Jona Lewie, and try to stop the cavalry, or do you go the full Wham!, and

remember the broken heart of last Christmas? Michael Buble, who knows a thing or two about Christmas music, joins Claudia to share some advice about writing songs for the festive season.

SOUL MUSIC 10.30AM, RADIO 4

★★★★ Unfinished Sympathy is a big, bold track by the Bristol trip-hop band Massive Attack, but it’s Shara Nelson’s heartfelt vocals that have made the song such a huge hit. In this edition of the continuing series on music that delivers an emotional punch, we hear from fans, including a Russian mountaineer, about the effect the 1991 track has had on them and their lives.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 7PM, CLASSIC FM

★★★

Andrew Collins plays some evocative film music this evening as he focuses on scores for prequels. Carmine Coppola’s nostalgic work for The Godfather: Part II and Ennio Morricone’s wistful theme for The Good,

The Bad And The Ugly are on Andrew’s list. SUSAN JEFFREYS

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