Another chance to hear Alan Bennett's highly successful play, adapted for radio by Richard Wortley from Nicholas Hytner's smash-hit National Theatre production.

The History Boys 6.30pm R3
Radio 3 need not apologise for repeating this drama for it is one of those rare things, a real tour de force that leaves you exhausted by the end from the sheer work-out of emotions it pushes you through. Its creator, Alan Bennett, has rightly been decorated with awards for this play on education, the anarchy of adolescence and the tussles of staff-room rivalries. Performed by the original stage cast, radio drama simply doesn't get any better than this. (Jane Anderson)