Screenshot Radio 4, 7.15pm

Ellen E. Jones (right) and Mark Kermode begin their new film series by looking at

Steven Spielberg’s remake of West

Side Story and celebrating other

‘street’ musicals, as well as alternative cinematic takes on Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet.

Lemn Sissay’s Poetry Rebels

(Radio 4, 7pm) explores how the Liverpool poets of the 1960s helped to push aside the Establishment while also opening up new spaces where fresh voices could be heard.

Rikki Beadle-Blair’s Drama: Whoopsie (Radio 4, 2.15pm) follows a teen who seems to have finally found the perfect foster parents. But some tough choices lie ahead for all of them.