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

Monday
7.30 How Do They Do It?, FIVE. This week, how ‘do they do’ trees, cars and sweets?
8.00 The Gadget Show, FIVE.
9.00 Am I Normal?, BBC2. Addiction, and treatments for it.
9.00 Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press, BBC4. Remember when people used to read things on paper? Stephen Fry examines the invention that took print to the masses.
9.00 The Chemistry of Addiction, Radio 4.

Tuesday
7.30 Jaguar Adventure With Nigel Marven, FIVE. The cat, not the car.
8.00 Life in Cold Blood, BBC4. Repeat.
8.00 Big, Bigger, Biggest, FIVE. The engineering behind the aircraft carrier.
9.00 Case Notes, Radio 4.

Wednesday
4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.
8.00 Natural World, BBC2. Moose(s).
9.00 World on the Move, Radio 4. Animal migrations.

Thursday
4.30 Material World, Radio 4.
9.00 Catching Up With Cancer, Radio 4.
9.00 Inside the Medieval Mind, BBC4. Access to knowledge, Aquinas-style.
10.30 The Big Bang Theory, C4. Comedy.

Friday
7.00 Wildlife on 2, BBC2. Crocodiles.

Saturday
11.00 am HIGHLIGHT The Embryo Wars, Radio 4. The battle between religious and scientific lobbies over this touchy issue.

Sunday
4.05 Tiger – Spy in the Jungle, BBC1.