TODAY’S RADIO

On Your Farm

6.35AM, RADIO 4

Ryad Alsous was a professor of agriculture at the University of Damascus, where he spent much of his working life studying bees and looking at the chemical properties of honey. His life, his home and his hives were destroyed by civil war, and Ryad had to leave Syria before he was killed. He is now living in Huddersfield, where he is doing his bit to save British bees. Ryad talks to Caz Graham about the Buzz Project, which brings refugees and job-seekers together to learn and practise bee-keeping.

The Food Programme

12.30PM, RADIO 4

Angela Hartnett, Yotam Ottolenghi and Giorgio Locatelli launch this year’s BBC Food & Farming Awards . They will be asking for your nominations for a long list of categories, including the best school cooks, chip shops, cider-

Johnnie Walker’s Sounds Of The 70s

3PM, RADIO 2

The impressionist and Dead Ringers star Jon Culshaw joins Johnnie to share his memories of the 1970s, and to recall some of his favourite music from that decade. Jon was born in 1968 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, and was just a lad during those days of tank tops and flares. Jon tells Johnnie about his time as a pupil at St Bede’s RC High School, where he learnt to mimic his teachers – a skill that has served him well later in life.

Clare Teal

9PM, RADIO 2

The South Coast Jazz Festival will be kicking off on January 20, offering eight days of concerts, workshops, special events, films and talks. Tonight, Clare (pictured) shares news of the festival, which will feature performances from Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Pee Wee Ellis, Gwilym Simcock and the energetic Smitty’s Big Four.

Early Music Late

10.30PM, RADIO 3

Virtuoso violin music written in the 17th century comes from the 2017 festival of early music held in the high Pyrenees.