TODAY’S RADIO

SCALA RADIO BOOK CLUB 10.30AM, SCALA RADIO

The plot of Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel, Black Cake, includes a murder suspect, a long-lost child and a recipe for a rich dark cake. Charmaine joins Mark Forrest this morning to talk about her book, which spans 60 dramatic years in the life of one family.

RAMBLINGS 3PM, RADIO 4

Dogs worked with the drovers herding cattle along the Golden Road in Pembrokeshire and then on to London. The drovers would stay in London to sell their stock, while the clever canines made their own way home, stopping at inns for rest and food. When the drovers had sold the cattle, they too would return, settling their dogs’ bills at each inn. Clare

Ashley Mcbryde (9pm, Radio 2) Balding walks some of that route, and hears about these clever dogs and the history of the Golden Road.

THE COUNTRY SHOW WITH BOB HARRIS 9PM, RADIO 2

Ashley Mcbryde was born and raised in Saddle, Arkansas, and is the daughter of a preacher man, which is pretty much a perfect start in life for a country star. Ashley’s debut single, A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega – about heartbreak, hitting the road and one last slice of mama’s peach pie – caught the attention of the right people. Now, Ashley, with a stack of hits behind her, plays us a session of past hits and recent songs.