RADIO CHOICE

KATE, a young journalist, is sent by her editor to try out a new ‘love test’ that requires two people to answer a questionnaire then spend an awkwardly long time staring into each other’s eyes. Kate is reluctant, but needs the job. Kate O’Flynn (pictured), Carl Prekopp and Stephen Hogan star in THE LOVE TEST (RADIO 4, 2.15PM), written by Brian Coyle, an engaging romantic comedy for Valentine’s Day that avoids the cliches.

ON A clear, crisp day in the Chilterns, Clare Balding joins a wellequipped team of walkers as they take a steep slope down to the Thames, towards an Elizabethan house and the landscape of The Wind In The Willows. One of Clare’s companions for the first in a new series of RAMBLINGS (RADIO 4,

3PM), Elaine Steane, is a keen map-maker who publishes her own walking routes, and tells Clare about the particular charms of this part of the world.

DUSTIN LYNCH — and what a perfect name that is for a country music star — will play a studio session, direct from Nashville, on tonight’s BOB HARRIS COUNTRY (RADIO 2, 9PM). Dustin, who often wears a big white hat and is given to riding along dusty roads in an old open-top car — so we know he’s the real deal — tells Bob about his imminent tour of the UK and plays us some of his recent tracks.