TODAY’S RADIO

DERMOT O’LEARY 8AM, RADIO 2

★★★

Paul Nicholas, who played one of Kathy’s husbands in Eastenders, tells Dermot about being in the long-running TV soap and possibly returning to the role of the evil Gavin Sullivan; he also discusses playing Vince in Just Good Friends and his recent autobiography, called Musicals, Marigolds & Me.

MIRANDA HART: FROM HAMPSHIRE TO HOLLYWOOD 9AM, 7PM, R4 EXTRA ★★★★

Miranda Hart knew from the age of seven that she wanted to be a comedian, but, as her showbiz ambitions grew, she became crippled by shyness. She tells Paul Garner about overcoming this shyness, and about her stage debut – as ‘man waving goodbye to the Von Trapp family’ – in a

school production of The Sound Of Music. This three-hour selection of radio recordings includes Miranda Hart’s Joke Shop and the eccentric but rather brilliant sitcom At Home With The Snails.

RYLAN ON SATURDAY 3PM, RADIO 2

★★★

Members of Atomic Kitten have reunited and will be teaming up with the boys of Blue for a UK tour later this year. Natasha Hamilton, Liz Mcclarnon and Jenny Frost join Rylan Clark this afternoon to talk about the tour and their 2021 remake of their past hit Whole Again.

SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES 7PM, CLASSIC FM

★★★

David Arnold and Michael Price watched the pilot episode of Sherlock, then went to the pub to work out how they would set about writing the theme music for the series. They came up with a piece full of drive and swagger that could also take a shift into the sinister or, if needed, the tragic. Andrew Collins includes the piece in this evening’s show. SUSAN JEFFREYS