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TODAY’S RADIO

CERYS MATTHEWS 10AM, BBC 6 MUSIC

★★★★ The rake-thin, immaculately turned out poet John Cooper Clarke worked as a DJ, was once landlord to members of The Velvet Underground, toured with The Fall and played bass guitar for a short-lived band called The Mafia. John tells Cerys about some of his musical adventures today.

ALEX JONES 11AM, RADIO 2

★★★★

Panto is back! Joe Pasquale will be playing Wishee Washee in Aladdin, while Jason Donovan makes his panto debut as the Evil Ringmaster in Goldilocks And The Three Bears. The pair join Alex Jones, who is sitting in for Michael Ball, on this regular brunchtime show, and celebrate the return of pantomime.

CHORAL EVENSONG 3PM, RADIO 3

★★★★★

There is a solemn beauty to Advent carols. This live broadcast of the service for Advent from the Chapel of St John’s College, Cambridge, has the College’s renowned choir singing the mighty Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending. The service will begin with Adam Lay Ybounden

– a 15th-century text set to a 20th-century tune – followed by the plaintive, austere beauty of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL 7.30PM, RADIO 3

★★★★ ‘There’s no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature.’ Gossip and scandal are meat and drink to the wealthy young widow Lady Sneerwell (Lisa Dillon) and her sidekick, Snake (Ifan Meredith), and they do their best to keep the gossip mill turning. Ian Hislop introduces this sparky recent production of Sheridan’s 1777 comedy about love, marriage and a rich uncle with a fortune at his command. Acting royalty Hugh Bonneville and Joanna Lumley are among the cast. SJ

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