TODAY’S RADIO

ME, CHEETA: MY LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD

10AM, 3PM, RADIO 4 EXTRA ★★★★★

An ageing star lounges by the pool of his retirement home, blowing smoke rings and thinking about Johnny Weissmuller – aka Tarzan – and the films they made together. That ageing star is the chimpanzee Cheeta, who was captured from the jungle and trained to perform in films. John Malkovich plays Cheeta in this cynical, funny account of life on and off set in cinema’s heyday.

THE SCALA SESSIONS

1PM, SCALA RADIO ★★★★ Haul away your anchor, bid farewell to the port, see how the mainsail sets and pitch in when you can as The Longest Johns join Sam Hughes in her studio for

a live session of sea shanties. Andy Yates, Dave Robinson, Jonathan Darley and Robbie Sattin, whose debut EP was 2013’s Bones In The Ocean, tell Sam why sea shanties are enjoying a bit of a boom.

FAKE PSYCHIC 2.15PM, RADIO 4 ★★★★

Morris Lamar Keene made a fortune in America as a psychic, then revealed in his book The Psychic Mafia that he was a fraud. When attempts were made on his life, Keene changed his name and went into hiding. In the second of this drama documentary series, Vicky Harris delves deeper into this stranger-than-fiction story.

WITNESS 8.45PM, RADIO 4

★★★

There’s a lively photo of Edwina Mountbatten at a formal event, with a big smile on her face; she’s standing next to Pandit Nehru, who’s doubled up with laughter. India’s first post-independence leader and the Viceroy’s elegant wife had a close relationship that continued until Edwina’s death. Edwina’s younger daughter, Pamela Hicks, talks about the bond between the two. SJ