Today’s radio

ON YOUR FARM

6.35AM, RADIO 4 HHH

Pam Bowers lived on a housing estate in Hertfordshire, but dreamt of a very different life. She moved with her family to a cottage in Lincolnshire, where they grew their own vegetables to cut down on household bills. Now, she and her family grow organic food as a business on the black fertile soil of their 53 acres. Pam tells Heather Simons about her truelife version of The Good Life.

AND OTHER STORIES

3PM, RADIO 4 (FM) HHH

A forest of lilies arrives at the Sheridans’ beautiful house as workmen put up a marquee and the staff prepare the food for the family’s garden party. There will be music, laughter and dancing; then, news arrives that their next-door neighbour, a very old and very poor man, has died. Hattie Morahan stars in four dramatisations of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield.

OPEN BOOK

4PM, RADIO 4 (FM) HHH

The late P.D. James, whose centenary fell earlier this month, wrote crime novels as well as serious nonfiction. Her first book, Cover Her Face, published in 1962, introduced Adam Dalgliesh, the poetry-writing policeman who was to feature in so many of her books. Johny Pitts and Harriet Tyce celebrate the work of P.D. James this afternoon.

SUNDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT

7PM, RADIO 2 HHHH Some of the north’s finest musicians play newly recorded hits from the Great Northern Playlist. The music has been nominated by BBC local radio listeners and recorded, remotely, by the BBC Philharmonic. The hits include Tainted Love and She’s Electric, and, in the first hour, there will be live link-ups with ten local stations. A technical and musical triumph, hosted by O.J. Borg. SJ

Hattie Morahan (3pm, Radio 4)