From this week, wildlife/nature programmes are shown in green, whereas science shows are in black.

Monday
3.45 Fungi: The Fifth Kingdom, Radio 4. Includes interviews with mycologists from Kew.
7.30 Elephant diaries, BBC1.
7.30 The Sky at Night, BBC4. The Perseid meteor shower.
9.00 The Advance of the Giant Crabs, Radio 4.

Tuesday
3.00 Home Planet, Radio 4.
3.45 Fungi: The Fifth Kingdom, Radio 4.
4.00 Elementary Dear Listener, Radio 4. Scientific breakthroughs that have influenced police work.
7.30 Extraordinary Animals, FIVE. Superbrainy primates.
7.30 The Sky at Night, BBC4. Artificial satellites.
8.00 Nature Shock, FIVE. When elephants go bad.
9.00 Case Notes, Radio 4.
9.00 Horizon, BBC2. Michael Portillo tries out various forms of capital punishment. You read that correctly. Watch a clip here.

Wednesday
3.45 Fungi: The Fifth Kingdom, Radio 4.
4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.
8.00 Bill Oddie’s Wild Side, BBC2.
9.00 Britain’s Sputnik, Radio 4. Half a century ago, British scientists announced they could extract unlimited energy from the sea. What happened?

Thursday
3.45 Fungi: The Fifth Kingdom, Radio 4.
4.30 Material World, Radio 4. When fungi attack.
7.30 How Do They Do It?, FIVE. Includes a look at hovercraft and the science of trainers.
9.00 Costing the Earth, Radio 4. The GM debate is back with a vengeance.

Friday
3.00 Costing the Earth, Radio 4. Repeat.
3.45 Fungi: The Fifth Kingdom, Radio 4.
7.30 Elephant diaries, BBC1.
8.00 Natural World, BBC2. Dartmoor’s woods and wildlife.

Saturday

Sunday
6.10 Natural World, BBC2. Repeat.
9.00 Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Earthquakes, BBC4.
10.00 Earth, the Power of the Planet, BBC4. Ice.