Bit of an experiment. I’m constantly frustrated by people telling me I should have seen this programme or heard that radio show. The BBC and other UK broadcasters churn out many exceptional science programmes, most of which slip under the radar when we forget to check the schedules.

So, I’ve done the work for us all by going over the weekly listings and pulling out the science/nature/medical content.

If you find this useful, let me know and I will continue the listings each week.

Tuesday

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Fiona Bruce and the Bengal tiger.

9.00pm Case Notes, Radio 4. Mark Porter’s medical show.

10.35pm Children Fighting Cancer, BBC1

Wednesday

4.30pm All in the Mind, Radio 4. Mental health.

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Siamese crocodiles.

7.15pm Game Ranger Diaries, FIVE

9.00pm Fly Me to the Moon, Radio 4. Astronaut Jeff Hoffman looks at reasons for returning to the moon.

Thursday

4.30pm The Material World, Radio 4. Panel discussion of science.

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Carol Thatcher and the Falklands albatross.

8.30pm Embarrassing Illnesses, Channel 4.

9.00pm How Green is your High Street?, BBC2

9.00pm Leading Edge, Radio 4. Recent science with Geoff Watts.

Friday

3.00pm Shared Earth, Radio 4

7.00pm Saving Planet Earth, BBC1. Phil Tufnell and the Indian rhino.

7.30pm Built for the Kill: Night Stalkers, FIVE. Documentary about animal adaptations to extreme environments.

8.00pm Nigel Marven’s Animal Detectives, FIVE. Using animal evidence in crime detection (e.g. maggots to date corpses).

Saturday

8.00pm Coast, BBC2

Sunday

6.10pm Natural World, BBC2. British sea birds.

6.35pm The Living World, Radio 4.

11.30pm Something Understood, Radio 4. The complex relationship between cosmology, theology and climate change.