TODAY’S RADIO

Ramblings

3PM, RADIO 4 Clare Balding joins two walkers as they set out to walk the Pilgrims’ Way, which leads to the shrine of Thomas Becket, and hears why they are making this journey of faith.

Radio Active

6.30PM, RADIO 4 Angus Deayton and Helen AtkinsonWood are among the original cast members of this 1980s comedy series, who’ve got together for this one-off special. Many an old joke has been dusted down; few have stood the test of time. Happily, the Bee Gees parody, Meaningless Songs (In Very High Voices), is still a piece of comedy gold.

Bob Harris Country

7PM, RADIO 2 The Long Ryders first hit the road in 1981 with a line-up of multiinstrumentalists who could play the mandolin, steel guitar, banjo, bugle and pretty much anything that came their way. They are credited as being the inventors of the music style now known as Americana. The Long Ryders dismounted in 1987, but got back in the saddle for Glastonbury in 2004, and toured Europe this spring. They join Bob for a studio session this evening.

Jo Whiley

8PM, RADIO 2 Tom Chaplin from Keane has had his troubles with drink and drug dependence, but he’s had some intensive therapy, and got his life back. His new solo album, The Wave, includes tracks that draw on these troubles, and he joins Jo tonight for a live session.

The Full Works Concert

8PM, CLASSIC FM Today is the autumn equinox, when the hours of daylight and the hours of darkness are almost equal. The sun will slip lower in the sky, and the long winter nights will be upon us. This programme celebrates the coming season of golden leaves, mists and mellowness, with music from Vivaldi, Grieg and others.

Book At Bedtime: Short Works

10.45PM, RADIO 4 There’s a body on the beach, and few clues as to how it got there. The puzzled investigators try to imagine events leading up to the death in this short story read by Caroline Catz.

Caroline Catz (10.45pm, Radio 4)