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Science on TV and radio this week

Monday

7.30 Human Guinea Pigs, C5. Experiments in peripheral vision involving fish-slapping, and other bonkers science.

8.00 The Gadget Show, C5. A show…about gadgets.

8.00 The Genius of Photography, BBC4. The early years of the technology (repeat).

9.00 Nature, Radio 4. Exploring the trenches at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Tuesday

7.30 Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines, C5. Motorbike engines.

9.00 Case notes, Radio 4. Medical commentary with Dr Mark Porter.

Wednesday

4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.

4.30 Case Notes, Radio 4.

9.00 The Sounds of Science, Radio 4.

9.00 The Nature of Britain, BBC1. Alan Titchmarsh teaches us about freshwater wildlife.

10.00 The Nature of Britain: A User’s Guide, BBC4. Chris Packham takes over where Titchmarsh left off.

Thursday

4.30 Material World, Radio 4. A look at pollination.

7.30 Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines, C5. Cranes.

7.30 Doctors To Be: Twenty Years On, BBC4. The life of an A&E consultant.

9.00 The Genius of Photography, BBC4. From 1918–1945.

9.00 Leading Edge, Radio 4. Geoff Watts talks science.

Friday

3.00 Shared Earth, Radio 4. The natural world…on your radio.

7.00 Britain’s Brilliant Ideas Boom, BBC2. How to make a mint from your ideas.

8.00 Diet Pill Danger, ITV1. Investigation into the health effects of slimming products.

8.00 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, C5. Chameleons.

10.00 7.30 Doctors To Be: Twenty Years On, BBC4. Repeat.

Saturday

There’s never anything sciencey on a Saturday.

Sunday

5.30 My Life with animals, BBC1. Retrospective with Steve Leonard.

6.10 The Nature of Britain, BBC1. Repeat.

7.30 The Sky At Night, BBC4. The Milky Way’s impending collision with the Andromeda Galaxy. Relax, it’s 2 billion years away.

8.00 Horizon, BBC4. The mass extinction 250 million years ago.

8.50 Horizon revisited, BBC4. The rise of the dinosaurs may have been caused by another impact event.

9.50 The Dodo’s Guide To Surviving Extinction, BBC4. More doom, but this time with helpful hints on how to avoid wipeout.

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