The Official All-Time Female Artists Album Chart

Radio 2, 1pm

As part of National Album Day, Jo Whiley counts down the 30 bestselling albums in the UK by women. Expect stars including Adele (above) and Amy Winehouse to appear.

Horror movie fan Matthew Sweet should be in his element when John Carpenter joins him for Sound Of Cinema (Radio 3, 3pm). The director, writer and composer will be discussing the music he’s written for his own films, including his latest, Halloween Kills.

In Archive On 4: Remember Oluwale (Radio 4, 8pm) Tony Phillips looks back at the drowning of a homeless black man in 1969.