RADIO CHOICE

TWO sisters return to the Scottish island where they were raised to scatter their father’s ashes. He was a legend on the island — a big, strong man who could run and cycle for miles — but now, his daughters are toiling up a hillside, with stones in their rucksacks, to scatter his ashes and build a cairn as his memorial. It’s a time of mixed emotions as their memories of their childhoods on the island, and of their father, couldn’t be more different. THE CAIRN (RADIO 4, 2.15PM) is a thoughtful drama about differing perceptions of the past.

THREE out of five of all the garments bought in the UK end up in a landfill site after just one year’s use. Consumers buy more clothes each year and wear them less, while manufacturing clothes can generate more carbon

emissions than the aviation industry. This week’s edition of the environmentally aware COSTING THE EARTH (RADIO 4, 3.30PM) looks at the shocking facts behind the ever growing textile waste problem.

JAPAN has a number of impeccable orchestras, and among the finest of these is the Bach Collegium Japan. The Collegium specialises in Baroque music played on period instruments. Jane Jones (pictured) includes one of their recordings in a selection of music from Japanese orchestras in

THE FULL WORKS CONCERT (CLASSIC FM, 8PM).