Wildlife/nature programmes are highlighted in green, whereas science shows are in black.

Tuesday
3.00 Home Planet, Radio 4.
8.00 HIGHLIGHT Big, Bigger, Biggest, FIVE. New series looking at the technology behind big engineering – beginning with Heathrow Terminal 5.
8.00 File on 4, Radio 4. The platinum market.
9.00 Horizon, BBC2. Uncharacteristically doom-devoid instalment looking at memory.

Wednesday
4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.
8.00 Natural World, BBC2. Namib elephants.
8.00 Storm Chasers, FIVE. Extreme meteorology.
9.00 World on the Move, Radio 4. Animal migrations.

Thursday
4.30 Material World, Radio 4. Britain’s new supercomputer, at the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
8.00 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Avalanches, BBC2.
9.00 Leading Edge, Radio 4.
10.30 The Big Bang Theory, C4. Comedy.

Friday and Saturday

Sunday
8.00 Steven Hawking: Master of the Universe, C4. Gags about He-Man not welcome.