Monday
The Sky At Night (BBC4, 19.30-20.00) Still a couple of weeks till the precise anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, but already the schedules are going lunar crazy. Moore and Co. kick of an evening of moon-based programming on BBC4.
Space Dogs (BBC4, 20.00-20.45) Andrew Sachs narrates a documentary about the ultimate in animal experimentation – blasting dogs into space.
For All Mankind (BBC4, 20.45-22.00) Superior documentary about the assault on the moon.
Inside Nature’s Giants (C4, 21.00-22.00) Richard Dawkins describes the evolution of the whale, while anatomists dissect a 60 ton specimen before your astounded eyes.
Apollo Wives (BBC4, 22.00-23.00) The story of the less-orbity halves of the Apollo astronauts.
The Moon (BBC4, 23.00-00.00) In case you haven’t had enough yet.
Frontiers (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) Yet another documentary about progress in harnassing nuclear fusion.
Tuesday
Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Questions about the natural world.
The Sky At Night (BBC4, 19.30-20.00) Profile of Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon.
Thursday
Horizon: 40 Years on the Moon (BBC4, 20.00-21.00) Brian Cox, who else?, explores the BBC archives relating to lunar exploration.
Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00)
Leading Edge (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30)
In Our Time (Radio 4, 21.30-22.00) Melvn Bragg assembles a panel of experts to discuss the Ediacara Biota – remnants of half-billion-year-old life forms.
Saturday
Walking On The Moon (Radio 4, 20.00-21.00) Buzz Aldrin adds his two cents about the moon landings.
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery (BBC2, 21.30-22.30) The history of transplants.
Armageddon (BBC1, 22.45-01.05) Gung-ho astronauts must deflect an asteroid from a collision course with Earth. Utterly accurate and plausible in every way. Perhaps.
Sunday
Desert Island Discs (Radio 4, 11.15-12.00) Bacteriologist Prof Hugh Pennington discusses his favourite things.