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Science on TV and Radio this week

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

Monday

7.00 The Twenties in Colour, BBC2. Documentary about Albert Kahn’s colour photography system.

7.30 How Do They Do It?, FIVE. Fibre optics.

9.00 HIGHLIGHT Life in Cold Blood, BBC1. Attenborough ponders how amphibians first took to dry land.

9.00 Saving the Manx Shearwater, Radio 4. Bird conservation.

Tuesday

3.00 Home Planet, Radio 4.

7.30 Extraordinary Animals, FIVE. A dog who predicts death.

8.00 Nature Shock, FIVE. When Jellyfish attack.

9.00 Horizon, BBC2. The surprising factors affecting decision making.

9.00 Medicine Men Go Wild, C4. Hallucinogenic plants of Peru.

9.00 Case Notes, Radio 4. Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

Wednesday

4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.

4.30 Case Notes, Radio 4. Repeat.

8.00 Bill Oddie’s Wild Side, BBC2.

9.00 The Great Game in a Cold Climate, Radio 4. The effects of global warming on a small Hudson Bay community.

Thursday

4.30 Material World, Radio 4. An Antarctic volcano.

9.00 Leading Edge, Radio 4.

10.00 HIGHLIGHT The Big Bang Theory, C4. New comedy about a couple of physics nerds attempting to engage with the real world.

Friday

3.00 Shared Earth, Radio 4.

8.00 Natural World, BBC2. The secrets of badgers.

Saturday

5.40 Natural World, BBC2. Repeat.

Sunday

11.15am Desert Island Discs, Radio 4. Prof Martin Evans, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine, reveals his favourite music.

6.00 Life in Cold Blood, BBC1. Repeat.

9.00 The Jet Stream And Us, BBC4.

10.00 Earth: The Power of the Planet, BBC4.

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