BBC Radio 1’s Stories – Introducing George Ezra
BBC Radio 1, Monday, 9pm
Just two years after getting his first radio play from BBC Introducing, George Ezra is releasing his debut album. Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens takes a journey with George from his home in Bristol to the city his breakthrough song is named after, Budapest. Travelling by train, Huw hears about the highs and lows of George’s journey and remarkable rise.
BBC Radio 2, Monday, 10pm
Denmark Street in London has played a pivotal role in the history of guitar music, from the advent of rock ‘n’ roll in the ’50s through to present day. Behind almost every door in this iconic London street, Danny Baker discovers an amazing story. The musicians he bumps into on his journey include former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman and ex-Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, who take us on unique tours of their old haunts.
BBC Radio 4, Monday, 4.30pm
Over the coming six weeks, presenters Brian Cox and Robin Ince will be joined on stage by scientists and some well-known science enthusiasts including Stephen Fry, Ross Noble, Katy Brand and Ben Miller to discuss a range of topics, from what makes us uniquely human, to whether irrationality is, in fact, genetic. In the first episode of the new series, Brian and Robin are joined by comedian and former maths undergraduate Dave Gorman.
BBC Radio 4, Wednesday, 6.30pm
Alfie Moore spent 18 years on the Humberside police force before turning to stand-up comedy. In this, his first series for Radio 4, each programme uses a scenario based on a real-life case, and each time, the audience is asked to decide how they would have acted in the circumstances. They will deal with the right to protest, theft and drink driving.
Essential Classics
BBC Radio 3, Thursday, 9am
Rob Cowan’s guest is author Joanne Harris, best known for the award-winning novel Chocolat, later turned into a film starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. Due to its success, in 2012, Joanne became one of only four female members of an elite authors club who have achieved a million sales of one book in the UK since records began.