The Folk Show With Mark Radcliffe

Radio 2, 9pm

American musician Jake Blount (right) talks about his recent release, The New Faith.

The album imagines a world in which Black Americans, driven north by the effects of climate change, live as refugees. They sing their story through timeless folk songs and spirituals, mixing roots music with rap.

In Four Thought (Radio 4, 8.45pm), Lizi Jackson-Barrett, who suffered from alopecia at the age of 40, urges society to question ideas of beauty.

‘Whatever Next?’ With Miles Jupp (Radio 4, 6.30pm) is a new sketch show from the comedian, singer and star of The Thick Of It and Rev.