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Science on TV and radio this week

Monday

Yellowstone (BBC2, 19.00-20.00) The ecology and geology of the national park.

How Do They Do It? (FIVE, 19.30-20.00) Ever wondered how aluminium cans are made?

Kevin Whatley on Dementia (ITV1, 20.00-20.30) The Lewis actor gives his personal experience of Alzheimer’s disease, from which his mother suffers.

Grow Your Own Drugs (BBC2, 20.30-21.00) Ethnobotanists explain the natural medicines derived from herbs. Tonight, a breath-freshener from thyme.

The Great Sperm Race (C4, 21.00-22.10) People dress up as sperm and attempt to negotiate the Canadian Rockies in a bid to show how reproduction works. Is Charlie Brooker the new controller of Channel 4?

Tuesday

Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Listeners’ questions about the natural world.

Horizon (BBC2, 21.00-21.50) Why can’t we predict earthquakes.

Thursday

Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00) Listeners’ questions about science are answer.

Born in Bradford (Radio 4, 20.00-20.30) Why are certain genetic disorders above normal levels in Bradford?

Oceans: What Lies Beneath (Radio 4, 21-21.30). Oceanography show.

Friday

Darwin songs (Radio 4, 11.00-11.30) Eight singer-songwriters spend a week in a farm house devising songs about the famous naturalist. Surely the Darwin200 barrel has scraped been scraped to destruction by now?

Saturday

A Beautiful Mind (BBC2, 23.14-01.25) Russell Crowe plays troubled mathematician John Nash.

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