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9 MARCH. 'The Food Programme' (BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm).
9 MARCH.

'The Food Programme' (BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm).

It's not just older people who are at risk of bone disease, as poor diet among children is leading to a return of rickets.

10 MARCH.

'Beyond the Takeaway' (BBC Radio 4, 3.45 to 4pm each weekday).

Actor and director David Tse talks to British-born Chinese people about their experiences of living here and what they are doing to make themselves more visible as Britain's third-largest ethnic minority.

'CBBC Comic Relief Week'(BBC 1, 4.35 to 5pm during the week).

CBBC is hosting four live programmes from the Camden Roundhouse in London for Comic Relief Week. Each day there will be a special stunt from around the UK, including illuminating in red the dome at the Wales Botanic Gardens, putting together a huge jigsaw of the Red Nose logo at Queen's University in Belfast, turning the BT Tower in London red, and creating a special 50m monster in Loch Ness.

'Newsround'(BBC 1, 5.25 to 5.35pm, each weekday).

The award-winning news programme for children visits projects supported by Comic Relief money, interviews celebrities and politicians, reveals the results of an online survey on attitudes to the issues concerning Comic Relief, and looks at some of the quirkier ways of fundraising.

'Meades Eats - Whose Food?'(BBC 2, 7.30 to 8pm).

Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Meades charts the ascendance of the ethnic food scene in Britain over the past 20 years with the proliferation of restaurants catering in Indian, Italian, Chinese, Caribbean and kosher food.

11 MARCH.

'Under the Skin'(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm).

Skin is a complex part of the human body and a rigid barrier that forms the frontline of the body's defence mechanism. Edi Stark finds out how and why skin works and changes as we grow and age, and explores its remarkable capacity for healing.

12 MARCH.

'We Were Family'(BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am).

This second of three programmes chronicles the lives of two families that have broken up and the effects this has had on their children as they move between their parents.

13 MARCH.

'Excluded'(BBC Radio 4, 11.30am to 12noon).

Poet Andy Croft returns for a week to The Meadows, a school for emotionally and behaviourally disturbed children in County Durham, with the aim of getting the children - whose every other word seems to be swearing - to think about the meaning of words and challenging them to write their own poems.

'Analysis'(BBC Radio 4, 8.30 to 9pm).

Margaret Doyle examines why people are still willing to trust the state to regulate intimate relationships through marriage and questions why the Government is so keen to be involved.

14 MARCH.

'Comic Relief Red Nose Night'(BBC 1, from 7pm).

An entire night of serious fun led by the biggest names in comedy. During the evening viewers will also get the chance to see how their money has helped Comic Relief to make a real difference to vulnerable people in the UK and Africa.