Football, Wimbledon, Glastonbury, Big Brother. It’s slim pickings for science broadcasts this week—but watch out for an unusual guest appearance on Saturday. As always, wildlife/nature programmes are highlighted in green, whereas science shows are in black.

Monday
3.45 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Radio astronomy.
7.30 How Do They Do It?, FIVE. Turning Cold War technology into household appliances.
8.00 The Gadget Show, FIVE.
9.00 The Life of Mammals, BBC4. Aquatic mammals.
9.00 Hitting the Buffers, Radio 4. How does the human body cope with excess speed?

Tuesday
3.45 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Black holes.
9.00 All in the Mind, Radio 4. Brain research.

Wednesday
3.45 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Quasars.
9.00 World on the Move, Radio 4.

Thursday
3.45 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Dark matter.
4.30 Material World, Radio 4. Malaria research.
9.00 Leading Edge, Radio 4.
9.00 Britain’s Lost world, BBC1. Kate Humble, relieved of Springwatch duty, heads off to St Kilda, one of Britain’s most isolated places.

Friday
3.00 Shared Earth, Radio 4.
3.45 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Anthropic principles.
7.30 Britain’s Lost world, BBC1.
9.00 Cosmic Quest, Radio 4. Omnibus edition.

Saturday
7.10 Dr Who, BBC1. Special guest star Richard Dawkins opines his way through time and space.