(BBC Radio 4, 3.30 to 4pm)
John Cole continues his exploration of apprenticeships, this time focusing on female apprentices in the 1950s and 1960s.
17 November 'The Food Programme'
(BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm)
Sheila Dillon examines the role diet plays in the ageing process.
18 November 'Growing Science'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
Pippa Greenwood answers questions such as why grass is green and why leaves change colour in autumn, why so many winter flowers are small and pale, and why bees prefer yellow flowers.
'Marrying a Stranger - Sabeena'
(Channel 4, 9 to 10pm)
Another tale in a series of programmes giving an inside perspective on the struggle that many young British Muslims face in trying to satisfy both their parents' traditional views and their own modern desires.
Twenty-five-year-old Sabeena from Manchester is, according to her parents, getting a bit over the hill, so they have given her six months to find herself a suitable husband or else they will choose one for her. The film follows her ups and downs as she tries to please her parents and be a good Muslim girl without giving up her life to a man she hardly knows.
19 November. 'Hearing Colours, Eating Sounds - Mixed Feelings'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
About one in 2,000 people have an extraordinary condition called synaesthesia in which the five senses intermingle. They may see colours and patterns when they hear music, or 'taste 'words. There is now mounting evidence that everybody starts life with the potential for synaesthesia, as the sensory pathways are ill-defined in infants and it is only later in a child's development that the senses are parcelled out.
20 November. 'The Life of Mammals - A Winning Design'
(BBC 1, 9 to 10pm)
David Attenborough, who is celebrating 50 years in television, takes viewers on a personal journey into the lives of mammals. He visits the Arctic to watch an Arctic fox hunting, then goes to Australia to see echidnas and platypuses, mammals that share a remarkable link with reptiles in laying eggs.
'Connect'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
Quentin Cooper investigates how science and technology is helping in the search for new diagnostic signs of ill-health and disease.
