Monday
Bang Goes The Theory (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Heavily advertised new show that appears to come from the science-is-fun…honestly stable. In the first of ten programmes, the team look at ‘gait recognition, vortex rings, genetic engineering and a novel way to cook an egg’.
Biomimicry: Inspired By Nature (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) Using the best innovations from the natural world to improve our own technology. With Prof Trevor Cox, whose definition of biomimicry extends to the whopee cushion.

Tuesday
Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Questions about the natural world.

Wednesday
Breaking the Mould: The Story of Penicillin (BBC4, 21.00-22.20) Dramatization of Florey and Chain’s efforts to industrialise penicillin. Surely the science highlight of the week.

Thursday
Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00) The genetics of cystic fibrosis.

Saturday
The Story of Maths (BBC4, 19.30-20.30) Another chance to catch the Marcus du Sautoy series.
Blood and Guts: A History of Surgery (BBC2, 22.10-23.10) The series concludes with a deeper look at human anatomy.