TODAY’S RADIO

KEN BRUCE 9.30AM, RADIO 2

★★★★ Jools Holland has a new album out called Pianola. Piano & Friends. The friends who feature on the record include Tom Jones, Gregory Porter, Rick Wakeman and Moses Boyd. Jools tells Ken about the album, and picks his Tracks Of My Years, beginning today with hits from Little Richard and The Beatles.

COMPOSER OF THE WEEK 12 NOON, RADIO 3

★★★★ Emilie Mayer, who was born in 1812, was known as the ‘female Beethoven’. Her work was held in high regard in her native Germany and beyond, but has fallen, undeservedly, out of favour. All this week, Donald Macleod tells the story of a composer whose career began with a tragedy.

I’M SORRY I HAVEN’T A CLUE 6.30PM, RADIO 4

★★★★★ There’s a round of the ever popular Guess The Delusion for the opening show of this returning radio favourite. Jack Dee, the easily irked host, asks Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer, Jan Ravens and Omid Djalili to give him a list of Missing Letter

Movies and sing One Song To The Tune Of Another. There will also be an inaugural round of Implausible, plus gallant piano playing, under pressure, from Colin Sell. Good to have this foolish merriment back.

WIRELESS NIGHTS 11PM, RADIO 4

★★★★★ Nervously, Jarvis Cocker feels his way through the forest, then realises he’s hopelessly lost. He struggles to resist panic, but terrifying fairytales and ghost stories come, unbidden, to his mind. Then, with chills running up and down his spine, the Pulp front man meets a mysterious team on a spooky mission.

Jarvis, trying to keep the fear from his voice, invites you to join him in this atmospheric outside broadcast.