A two-part comedy by Lyndon Mallet.

Chaos descends when Jessica decides to rent a room to Rex, who brings only an empty birdcage and dodgy DIY skills to the tranquillity of her home.

Choice
There are two Hare Lane Diaries (11.30am R4). One belongs to a youngish widow, the other to her divorced lodger. Frances Barber and David Bamber star and you can guess what happens - but probably not precisely how...
A little earlier, the man in the white suit reads from his memoirs in the Book of the Week (9.45 am R4 FM): Martin Bell calls himself - a little disingenuously? - An Accidental MP.
One of the great joys of recent years was Radio 3's tercentenary celebration of the music of Henry Purcell. He died a century earlier and a year younger than Mozart and we should be immensely proud of him - as Donald Macleod ably illustrates when introducing the truly sublime music written by the Composer of the Week (9.00amR3).
This evening, don't miss Death Row Rookies (8.00pm R4), our Programme of the Week, see p 115. SG