TODAY’S RADIO

Blue Glory

2.15PM, RADIO 4

Lillian and her father, Terence, have – for a number of reasons – been very distant with each other. They’ve rarely met or been in communication for nearly ten years, but, on Terence’s 60th birthday, they try a bit of bridge-building. Lillian and Terence get together to go to a football match, cheering on as their team plays for championship victory.

Will being part of a crowd of fellow supporters bring them together after all these years?

Bob Harris Country

7PM, RADIO 2

Last night, the Country Music Association handed out awards to various country stars. This evening, Bob keeps the celebrations going with a look at the history of country rock. He’ll feature music from Blake Shelton, the Doobie Brothers, Whiskey Myers, The

Byrds and Lucinda Williams.

Radio 2 In Concert

8PM, RADIO 2

The glamorous Paloma Faith gives a live concert tonight, featuring songs from her new album, The Architect. The album, which has a theme of suppressed emotions running through it, is Paloma’s fourth studio album. Her previous three albums became double platinum sellers in the UK, and there’s every reason to think that The Architect will follow suit.

The Full Works Concert

8PM, CLASSIC FM

The Royal Scottish National Orchestra gives a pleasing concert, opening with Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, one of the composer’s best-loved pieces. The concert closes with Brahms’s emotional Double Concerto. Between these two classics, we get the chance to hear an exciting new piece, commissioned by Classic FM, called Pathway, by Benjamin Rimmer.

Science Stories

11.30PM, RADIO 4

Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian naturalist and explorer who travelled extensively in

South America. As long ago as 1800, he saw the damage done by human-induced climate change, and predicted the ever growing problem of deforestation. We hear his story tonight as part of a series on big events and characters from the world of science.

Paloma Faith (8pm, Radio 2)