Monday

Bang Goes The Theory (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) Return of the energetic science-is-fun series, including a look at the forensic science service.

Analysis: Minds of Our Own? (Radio 4, 20.30-21.00) Speculative documentary examining the implications of mind-reading technology.

Book at Bedtime: Solar by Ian McEwan (Radio 4, 22.45-23.00) The challenging love life of a Nobel-Prize-winning physicist. Continues throughout the week.

Tuesday

Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Conversation about the natural world.

Richard Hammond’s Invisible World (BBC2, 21.00-22.00) New series in which the crash-prone presenter looks at facets of nature beyond the human eye. He begins by investigating how high-speed cameras revealed new details about movement.

Thursday

Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00) Quentin Cooper looks at the science of uncertainty.

Museum of Life (BBC2, 20.00-21.00) First in a six-part series documenting the work of the Natural History Museum. Not to be missed!

Peer Review In The Dock (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) Another chance to catch this investigation, from 2008, looking at problems with scientific peer review.

Sunday

Wonders of the Solar System (BBC2, 21.00-22.00) Brian Cox turns his attentions to the Earth’s atmosphere.