Today’s radio

ON YOUR FARM

6.35AM, RADIO 4 HHH The Port of Rotterdam is a place of steel, cement, girders and mile upon mile of containers. Goods come in from all over the world, are processed and exported from what is Europe’s busiest port. Surprisingly, right in the middle of the harbour is a floating dairy farm, with 35 cows and a yoghurt-making facility. Nancy Nicolson climbs aboard this odd enterprise to meet the floating farm pioneers.

THE LEISURE SOCIETY

1PM, BBC 6 MUSIC HHHH The actress, comedian and director Kathy Burke was a keen fan of the TV series I, Claudius – a tale of sex, corruption, poisoning, incest and murder in ancient

Kathy Burke (1pm, BBC 6 Music) Rome. She tells Gemma Cairney about her favourite TV and music on this lunchtime show, and plays some of the songs that have made a difference to her life.

FILE ON 4

5PM, RADIO 4 HHH There are currently more than 78,000 children living in children’s homes and foster care in the UK.

Many of them, in the course of their fractured childhoods, will be separated from their siblings, adding to their sense of being abandoned. In this report, we hear how separation from siblings can leave children with a haunting sense of loss that has a profound effect on their adult lives.

DON BLACK

11PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Peggy Lee joined the Benny Goodman band early on in her career, then retired from show business when she got married. While the marriage lasted for eight years, the retirement was over pretty quickly, and by the mid-1940s, Peggy had a string of jazz-infused hits to her name. Don Black pays tribute to Miss Lee’s coolly impeccable musicianship tonight.