Monday
Bang Goes The Theory (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) A microwave death ray and a missing part of the universe.
Clever V Stupid (BBC3, 20.30-21.00) A bunch of hairdressers takes on a team of scholars – including a biologist and pharmacist – to see which group has most prowess in a range of activities.
Costing the Earth (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) The idea of a ‘supergrid’ of renewable resources across Europe.
What Darwin Didn’t Know (BBC4, 22.00-23.30) Another chance to catch Armand…pause, look moodily at camera…Leroi examine progress in our knowledge of natural selection since…longer pause, look into middle distance…Darwin’s time.

Tuesday
Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Questions about the natural world.
Lost Land of the Volcano (BBC1, 21.00-22.00) In the final part of this excellent wildlife show, the team penetrate deeper into the volcanic crater and discover two new mammals. As you do.

Thursday
Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00).
Leading Edge (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) The ‘musical map of the mind’. Probably involves Oliver Sacks somewhere.
In Our Time (Radio 4, 21.30-22.00) Welcome return of Melvyn, examining Newton and Leibniz’s dispute over the calculus. Of course, Leibniz eventually won, by inventingthe lightweight chocolate biscuit.

Sunday
The Genius of Charles Darwin (C4, 19.00-20.00) Repeat of the Dawkins doc from earlier this year.
Last Chance to See (BBC2, 20.00-21.00) Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine move on to the komodo dragon.
Darwin’s Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species (BBC4, 21.00-22.00) Another drink from the well of Darwin repeats.