TODAY’S RADIO

THE YOUNG FARMERS 11AM, RADIO 4

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Hannah Jackson, aka the Red Shepherdess, knows from hard-won experience how tough working on a farm is – and how lonely it can be. In this first of a three-part series, Hannah joins three young sheep farmers at their busiest time of year – lambing. She hears about the challenges they face and their hopes and dreams for the future.

A HISTORY OF GHOSTS 2.45PM, RADIO 4

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A weeping woman in a long white veil is the stuff of nightmares for the children of Mexico. Refused entry into Heaven because of her past brutal sins, she wanders the Earth at night, searching for her lost children; if she can’t find them, then she might very well

Hannah Jackson (11am, Radio 4) take someone else’s child. Kirsty Logan looks at the lingering fearsome legend of La Llorona.

RADIO 3 IN CONCERT 7.30PM, RADIO 3

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The German composer Felix Mendelssohn went on a tour of Europe, and was overwhelmed with joy by the sights and sounds of Italy. He got right down to writing his Fourth Symphony, which is better-known as the Italian Symphony. The composer described it as ‘the jolliest thing I have ever written’, and it comes bouncing over the airwaves from the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester tonight.

CROWDSCIENCE: DOES THE PLANET NEED SNAILS? 8.30PM,

BBC WORLD SERVICE HHHH It’s difficult to feel warmly towards snails – given the way they work with their colleagues, the slugs, to destroy our gardens – but, as we learn in this programme, snails play a big part in the world’s ecology. It seems these molluscs, which come in diverse forms, are essential for maintaining the balance of life on Earth. SJ