The Big Read BBC 2, 7.30 to 9pm
It's the turn of children's literature as the search for the nation's favourite book continues. Fay Ripley argues that the success of JK Rowling is not just down to hype and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is really about the magic of reading, while Sandi Toksvig recommends Little Women by Louisa May Alcott as a guide for everyone who is still growing up.
30 November
Private Passions: Quentin Blake BBC Radio 3, 12noon to 1pm
Artist Quentin Blake, noted for his collaboration with Roald Dahl, Russell Hoban and Joan Aitken, has also created delightful characters of his own, including Mr Magnolia and Mrs Armitage. In 1999, he was appointed the first-ever Children's Laureate and last year he won the Hans Christian Andersen award for illustration. Here he reveals some of his favourite music.
The Food Programme BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm
The winners of the BBC Radio 4 Food and Farming Awards 2003, for people and organisations working to produce and sell good-quality food in Britain.
Classic Serial: The Midwich Cuckoos BBC Radio 4, 3 to 4pm
In the first part of John Wyndham's science fiction classic, aliens overturn the prim and proper world of a 1950s English village when all the women of childbearing age are mysteriously impregnated and give birth to sinister children who grow at enormous speed and can communicate telepathically.
1 December
Woman's Hour Drama: Fathers BBC Radio 4, 10.45 to 11am each weekday
The five short plays in this series focus on a crucial stage in the father/child relationship - pregnancy and birth, early childhood, adolescence, marriage of the child, and death of the father.
2 December
Living Without a Memory BBC 1, 9 to 10pm
This documentary meets people who have lost the ability to remember anything. Standing outside their homes, they cannot remember where they live - and they've even forgotten why they remember nothing.
3 December
Bodysnatchers BBC 1, 9 to 10pm
This programme looks at studies underway in the UK to find out whether parasites are the key to the fight against asthma, hay fever and other allergies.
4 December
Body Hits: Baby Quest BBC Radio 3, 9.30 to 10pm
Dr John Marsden explores some of the myths about pregnancy, such as why more babies are born in the summer, and if changes in diet before pregnancy can help in choosing the baby's sex.
5 December
Word of Mouth BBC Radio 4, 4 to 4.30pm
Michael Rosen deconstructs the labels politicians attach to their policies, from 'beacon schools' and 'foundation hospitals' to 'city academies' and 'top-up fees'.
