Monday
Bang Goes The Theory (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Californian space entrepreneurs, brain-training devices and using microwaves to melt glass.
The Sky At Night (BBC4, 19.30-20.00) The impact scar recently spotted on Jupiter is probed from afar by Moore and co.
Panorama (BBC1, 20.30-21.00) A look at the state of Britain’s beaches. They’re an investigative bunch on panorama and commission their own scientific studies of the country’s littoral cleanliness, with ‘disturbing results’.
Clever V Stupid (BBC3, 20.30-21.00) A bunch of glamour models take on a team of scholars – including a biologist and pharmacist – to see which group has most prowess in a range of activities. No brainer?
Tuesday
Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Questions about the natural world.
The Test of Time (Radio 4, 15.45-16.00) A scientist from the National Physical Laboratory explains why we keep time in base 60.
Lost Land of the Volcano (BBC1, 21.00-22.00) Wasn’t that an old board game, with dinosaurs and explorers? In this case, it’s a new series in which scientists poke around in an extinct volcano.
The House I Grew Up In (Radio 4, 21.30-22.00) Geneticist and media permafixture Steve Jones revisits his childhood home in Wales.
Thursday
The Test of Time (Radio 4, 15.45-16.00) Does Aristotle’s treatise on meteorology stand up to modern scrutiny?
Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00) So whatever happened to the Large Hadron Collider?
Leading Edge (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) Geoff Watts goes to the BSA’s festival in Guildford.
Friday
The Test of Time (Radio 4, 15.45-16.00) The final installment looks at ancient and modern methods of wound healing.
And in a shameless piece of self-promotion, I shall be appearing in a ‘science’ experiment all this week on the One Show (7pm BBC1). Although many of you may be digusted to learn that conclusions are being drawn from experiments where n=8 and number of repetitions = 1! But our general utter incompetence should generate a few laughs at least..
Yes…you were soooo good on whack-the-rat! You didn’t hurt a single one ;-)
Haha thanks David, compliments always gratefully received!! Now shouldn’t you be off to put your hair curlers in?!