'Maisy'
(ITV, 3.20 to 3.25pm each weekday)
More animated tales for young children about Maisy Mouse and the adventures she has with her friends Charley and Tallulah. Narrated by Neil Morrissey.
27 July
'Face the Facts'
(BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm)
Families are being torn apart after being wrongly diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy, as growing numbers of parents are accused of harming their own children to get medical attention, and guidelines meant to protect families are being ignored.
28 July
'Twenty Minutes - Anne Fine'
(BBC Radio 4, 11.45am to 12.05pm)
Anne Fine recently took over from the writer and illustrator Quentin Blake as Britain's second Children's Laureate. She talks about her plans for her two-year stint, including her beliefs about making reading for pleasure more central to children's experience. Michael Rosen also explores the dark vision at the heart of many of her books, often centred on fragmented or dysfunctional families and children who are making do in lives that lack the comforting certainties featured in the previous generation of children's literature.
29 July
'Go4it'
(BBC Radio 4, 7.15 to 7.45pm)
In this edition of the radio series for children Jonathan Miller reads the first episode of the classic book Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner.
30 July
'School Days'
(BBC Radio 4, 3.30 to 3.45pm weekdays)
A series of five 15-minute stories about the relationships children forge with each other at school amid the world of rules, regulations and ritual.
'Four x Four'
(BBC 1, 7.30 to 8pm)
As 5.5 million women in Britain juggle the demands of work and motherhood, for many it's the arrival of a second child that does the most to sever work ties.
'Taking Refuge'
(BBC Radio 4, 8 to 8.30pm)
Ashiana is a refuge for Asian women in Sheffield fleeing abuse from their husbands or parents. Most have suffered violence before being referred to Ashiana by the police or doctors, sometimes after suicide attempts.
31 July
'Rare Books, Rare People'
(BBC Radio 4, 9.30 to 9.45am) Antiquarian book dealer Rick Gekoski talks about the publication history of Peter Rabbit creator Beatrix Potter.
1 August
'Brits in the Wild East'
(BBC Radio 4, 3.45 to 4pm)
Chris Hunter, director of a Quaker-based charity, talks about how he moved from Britain to Russia and has just opened a tent school for 40 refugee children.
'The Real Birth Show - Home Births'
(Channel 4, 8.30 to 9pm)
This series on childbirth, presented by Zoe Ball, first looks at home births and focuses on three mothers-to-be.
2 August
'Norland Nannies'
(Channel 4, 4.40 to 5.10am)
One to set the video for, a repeat of the series that follows a group of students being trained as nannies at the Norland College in Berkshire.
'Crossing Continents'
(BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am)
Olenka Frenkiel visits rural Indonesia, where children as young as 12 are expected to work up to 23 hours a day on fishing platforms off the coast of North Sumatra. These have been described by one observer as 'floating sweatshops for children lured or kidnapped into servitude'. Olenka hears from the children, their families and those fighting for their rights.
'Blinded'
(Channel 4, 8 to 9pm)
The final programme in a three-part series on the work of the world-famous Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, the biggest eye hospital in Europe. Consultant Jill Adams talks about a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, which can cause blindness in very premature babies.
