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SUNDAY the king and i Sara Cox is regaled by listeners about the time they met King Charles. Also featured are celebrities who have had brushes with royalty, including Gyles Brandreth, Elaine Paige and Trevor McDonald. Radio 2, 8pm MONDAY BOOK OF THE WEEK: AMONG OTHERS Martin Jarvis reads Michael Frayn's autobiography. The renowned writer, whose works include the play Noises Off, hasn't adopted a typical approach to telling his own story, preferring to view it via his meetings with others and the influence they've had on his life. Radio 4, 9.45am & 12.30am, Mon-Fri TUESDAY living leg-end Having spent almost 50 years as a performer, Lavinia Co-op is one of the London drag scene's elder stateswomen. Here, she looks back at her remarkable life and career, from her pioneering days in the 1970s and also discusses the tough times she's survived, and growing older. Radio 4, 11.30am WEDNESDAY free thinking The British Museum's new exhibition, Luxury And Power, focuses on the politics of display used by rulers in Persia and Greece. Anne McElvoy hears from its curator, as well as academics researching past royal rituals in Tudor and Medieval England, as she explores royalty on the operatic stage. Radio 3, 10pm THURSDAY FREE THINKING Matthew Sweet is joined by writer Ryan Calais Cameron, whose play Retrograde, about the relationship Sidney Poitier (below) had with Hollywood, is being performed at the Kiln Theatre in London. They discuss the hugely influential Oscar-winning actor and director's life, career and legacy. Radio 3, 10pm FRIDAY RADIO 3 IN CONCERT Michael Seal conducts the BBC Philharmonic at the Victoria Hall in Hanley in works by Elgar, Butterworth and Bax that were played at Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. The concert also features the suite composed by Tippett to mark Prince Charles's birth five years earlier. Radio 3, 7.30pm SATURDAY the coronation of their majesties king charles iii and queen camilla If you can't watch the day's big event, it's being covered on radio too. Alongside the ceremony itself is a chance to hear a variety of music directed by Westminster Abbey's organist and master of the choristers, Andrew Nethsingha. A series of new fanfares written by Christopher Robinson will also mark key ceremonial moments. Radio 4, 10am [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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