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    • Science on TV and Radio This Week

      Monday, 06 Jul 2009 - 14:00 UTC

      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.

      Last updated: Monday, 06 Jul 2009 - 14:00 UTC


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