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Monday

Serial
The groundbreaking long-form storytelling podcast returns for a nine-episode fourth season.

Sarah Koenig, the presenter, is joined by Dana Chivvis, the producer, to co-host a look at the

history of the American prison camp at Guantánamo Bay. After a scene-setting episode

revealing the booming trade in souvenir coffee mugs and T-shirts at gift shops near the US base,

the show moves on to stories from those who were detained there, and those who were doing the

interrogating, plus trumped-up charges faced by a Muslim military translator at the camp.
Neville Marriner Day (Radio 3, from 6.30am)

The station celebrates the centenary of the birth of the conductor and founder of the Academy of

St Martin-in-the-Fields with a day of programming, beginning with Petroc Trelawny’s breakfast

show. For In Tune (5pm) Sean Rafferty is joined by Marriner’s widow Lady Elizabeth and son

Andrew, who select favourites from his vast discography; at 8.45pm Rafferty’s 2014 interview
with Marriner at home is rebroadcast.

Glued Up — The Sticky Story Of Humanity (Radio 4, 1.45pm)

Mark Miodownik, a materials scientist, looks at the history of the sticky stuff, including the

story of a nuclear submarine that had bolts fixed with superglue. He goes on to point out that our

modern society is held together with the use of adhesives, but today focuses on prehistoric glue.

Tuesday

Thanks A Lot, Milton Jones! (Radio 4, 6.30pm)
A new series of the comedy packed with silly one-liners. Today’s episode has Jones in prison

for “committing a true crime podcast” — something many of us feel should be a real offence.

Jones also presents Just Like That (Radio 4 Extra, 10.30am/4.30pm), marking yesterday’s 40th

anniversary of the death of Tommy Cooper during a live TV broadcast. Michael Parkinson, Tom

O’Connor and Barry Cryer discuss the life of the comic initially rejected by the BBC for his
“poor diction and unpleasant manner”.

Assignment (BBC World Service, 9.30am/8.06pm)

Jane Chambers visits Puerto Rico to meet the people involved in reggaeton. The style mixes

Jamaican reggae and dancehall, Latin music and hip-hop and has thrived on the island. It has

become a worldwide sensation, with artists including Bad Bunny. The programme reports on