TODAY’S RADIO

THE CONFESSIONAL 11.30AM, RADIO 4 HHHH

What does David Tennant feel guilty about? The former Doctor Who and co-star of TV’S Staged steps into a virtual confessional booth, where Stephen Mangan is waiting to hear about three things that David is ashamed of doing. For his first shameful deed, David goes back to when he was just five years old and behaved very badly during a school Nativity play. A welcome alternative to all those showbiz interviews where stars show off about their achievements.

RAMBLINGS 3PM, RADIO 4 HHH

Our landscape is full of strange features. Oddly shaped stones, mysterious hollows that don’t look natural, and lumps and bumps

Stephen Mangan (11.30am, R4) that appear to be man-made. Mary-ann Ochota has written about the many archaeological enigmas of the British landscape and the hidden histories of our countryside. She joins Clare Balding today to talk about what lies beneath their feet as they take a walk along the Hertfordshire-bedfordshire border.

OPEN BOOK 3.30PM, RADIO 4 HHHH

Fate brings three troubled people close together in a small town in Canada. Crime casts a shadow over two of them, while a mysterious disappearance haunts the third. The writer Mary Lawson talks about her latest book, A Town Called Solace, a tale of guilt and family secrets set in the 1970s.

THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT 8PM, CLASSIC FM HHH

John Suchet marks World Book Day with a selection of music inspired by literature. The programme opens with Felix Mendelssohn’s delightful overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and includes Debbie Wiseman’s wistful, awardwinning score for the 1997 film Wilde, starring Stephen Fry. SJ