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

Monday
7.30 How Do They Do It?, FIVE. Fireproofing sofas and other goods.
8.00 The Gadget Show, FIVE.
8.00 Dispatches, C4. Analysing the dubious claims of beauty creams.
8.00 The Life of Mammals, BBC4.
9.00 The Dinosaur Mummy, C4. An exceptionally well preserved fossil is found in North Dakota.
9.00 Frontiers, Radio 4. The potential of microgeneration of energy from unlikely power sources.

Tuesday
7.30 Jaguar Adventure With Nigel Marven, FIVE. The cat, not the car.
9.00 Case Notes, Radio 4.

Wednesday
4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.
4.30 Case Notes, Radio 4. The benefits versus the risks of sunshine.
6.30 Double Science, Radio 4. Comedy about two science teaches trapped in a college that specialises in drama.
8.00 Natural World, BBC2. Superfish, whatever they are.
9.00 World on the Move, Radio 4. Satellite-linked geese migrate across the Arctic.

Thursday
4.30 Material World, Radio 4. The evolution of TB.
9.00 Costing the Earth, Radio 4. Why ‘ecotourism’ is bad, bad, bad.
10.30 The Big Bang Theory, C4. Neverending comedy series about physics nerds.

Friday
7.00 Wildlife On Two, BBC2. Giant otters.

Saturday
7.00 Wild China, BBC2. Chinese wildlife.
10.15 HIGHLIGHT Embryology: The Science and Ethics, Radio 4. Colin Blakemore and Archbishop Peter Smith, in a timely debate.

Sunday
7.00 Wild China, BBC2.