REEP - What's On - TV & Radio Listings

Sunday 14 March

Something Understood

6:05am

Pilgrim or Tourist: When you travel what is your aim? Is it possible for the very act of travelling to be important in itself? Satish Kumar explores the difference between a tourist and a pilgrim, and asks if pilgrimage can become a way of life.

Countryfile

6:00pm

Matt Baker heads for the Severn Estuary in Gloucestershire to surf one of the wonders of the natural world - the infamous Severn Bore - while Katie Knapman finds out what the Slimbridge bird reserve is doing to prepare for its spring arrivals. Cornwall is the destination for John Craven who's investigating whether fishermen need to radically change the way they do business if they're to save the industry from collapse.

Wonders of the Solar System

9:00pm

Order out of Chaos Professor Brian Cox describes how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system. He reveals how the beauty and order in Earth's cosmic backyard was formed from nothing more than a chaotic cloud of gas. Chasing tornados in Oklahoma, Brian explains how the same physics that creates these spinning storms shaped the young solar system. Out of this celestial maelstrom emerged Brian's second wonder - the magnficent rings of Saturn.

Monday 15 March

Beyond Belief

4:30pm

Ernie Rea and guests asks whether or not the use of apocalyptic language is helpful in the climate change debate, politics and media.

The Lakes

8:00pm

Observational documentary based in the Lake District presented by Rory McGrath. An American couple arrive to spend the night in Muncaster Castle's most haunted room, tour manager Sue Todd is on the look-out for the perfect party dress as she prepares to attend a glitzy awards ceremony, and hotelier Thomas Noblett and his chums have a day out at the races.

Tuesday 16 March

Nature's Top 40

1:00pm

A countdown to the very best displays staged by the birds, animals and flowers of the UK. Mike Dilger heads for a wood near Marlborough to see a mind-boggling display of bluebells, while Chris Packham prepares to be deafened by one of the UK's noisiest songsters.

Wednesday 17 March

Lent Talks

8:45pm

Series of six talks by eminent thinkers exploring how faith and religion interact with a variety of aspects in society. 4: Sr Elizabeth Obbard, a Carmelite solitary at Aylesford Priory in Kent, explores how people's personal faith is affected and shaped by formal religion.

Thursday 18 March

Costing the Earth

1:30pm

Costing the Earth Thursday 18 March 1:30pm - 2:00pm BBC Radio 4 Plants to Pills: Tom Heap witnesses the international police operation against the trade in endangered species. This month Interpol's Operation Tram has been busy across Europe, seizing traditional medicines suspected of containing endangered species. Tom follows the raids in the UK, uncovering the effects the trade has on the world's plants and animals.

Ramblings

3:00pm

Clare Balding explores the joys of group walking. 6: Clare heads for the Peak District to join the Sheffield Dog Walking Group. When dog owners Chris Bird and Victoria Cooper discovered that their four-footed friends were not always warmly received by all ramblers clubs they decided to set up their own, where all well-mannered dogs and their owners would be welcome. They enjoy exploring further afield than just the local parks and they discuss with Clare the joys and drawbacks of dogs in the countryside.

Museum of Life

8:00pm

Museum for a Modern World Jimmy Doherty goes behind the scenes at the Natural History Museum to join the people who are uncovering secrets, solving mysteries and making discoveries among the 70 million items in the historic collections. In the first of this new series, Jimmy gets to grips with Darwin's finches, Dippy the Diplodicus and a radical project aiming to hold back extinction.