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3 May 'Over Hill and Dale'

'Over Hill and Dale'

(BBC Radio 4, 3.30 to 3.45pm)

Gervaise Phinn reads from his second book of memoirs about his life as a primary school inspector in the Yorkshire Dales. Continues on 4 May at the same time.

'The Big Bang'

(ITV, 4.20 to 4.35pm)

This edition of the children's science programme shows how you can stand on a balloon without it bursting and how to grow a bonsai tree.

'Home Stories - Happy Families'

(Channel 4, 8 to 9pm)

This programme looks at how family ties are becoming weaker as fewer than a quarter of the population now lives in a 'traditional household', as single and divorced people transform the housing market.

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