Pick of the Day: Radio

IN TODAY'S The Reclaimers (11am R4) Peter Benchley, the writer of Jaws, immerses himself in the murky world of underwater salvage operations, which is fast expanding thanks to new, far-reaching technology. To many archaeologists, marine salvage (right) is just plain old-fashioned looting, but Benchley laconically trawls the States for the opinion of those for whom it is a respectable profession, and a vital means of financing historical research.

Tonight's Performance on 3 (7.30pm R3) aims to show us all that there's much more to Baroque than Purcell's one- act opera Dido and Aeneas; that work is paired with Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Ovid-based Acteon. Case proved.