'The Material World'
(BBC Radio 4, 4 to 4.30pm)
To mark Brain Awareness Week, Quentin Cooper discusses the latest research into diagnosing and treating brain disorders, and repairing the nervous system after injury.
16 March
'Gifted'
(Channel 4, 6 to 6.30pm)
This three-part series is one family's story of living with a child prodigy and the price of extraordinary talent. It offers an insight into the phenomena of prodigy, the significance of teachers and the pivotal role of the family.
'Bunking Off'
(Channel 4, 8 to 9pm)
In England an estimated 50,000 children are truant from school every day. This documentary follows two girls at St George Community College in Bristol, where on a typical morning 93 children fail to turn up for school.
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