Today’s radio

THE CURIOUS CASES OF RUTHERFORD & FRY

9.30AM, 8.45PM, RADIO 4 HHH

Why do we pay good money to watch horror movies, or queue for terrifying fairground rides? Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry hear from experts about our appetite for thrills.

JEREMY VINE

12 NOON, RADIO 2 HHHH

As part of UK Fertility Week, Jeremy hears from those coming to terms with the prospect of not having children. In today’s programme, he talks to Kat Brown, who has undergone

IVF treatment. Kat was full of hope that the treatment would work, but after the second round of IVF failed, is now learning to live with the fact that she is not likely to become pregnant.

Tessa Lark (5pm, Radio 3)

IN TUNE

5PM, RADIO 3 HHHH Kentucky is full of fine fiddlers who’ll play red-hot bluegrass music at the drop of a bow. Tessa Lark, who grew up in Kentucky, played in her father’s bluegrass band while also studying classical violin music. She made her classical concert debut when she was just 16, and is now an international artiste with many awards to her name. Tessa has never lost her love for bluegrass music, though, and joins Katie Derham for a live studio session of bluegrass and classical violin music.

FREE THINKING

10PM, RADIO 3 HHH

The M1 motorway opened 60 years ago. Drivers and passengers thrilled to the sensation of speed and the sight of the surrounding countryside whizzing by, but quickly got used to it – and the M1 soon lost its excitement.

In this programme, Anne Mcelvoy celebrates the opening of the motorway, and introduces a new work – the M1 Symphony – marking this breakthrough moment in British motoring.