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6 July Good Morning Sunday (BBC Radio 4, 7 to 9.05am)
6 July

Good Morning Sunday (BBC Radio 4, 7 to 9.05am)

Psychologist Oliver James talks about how childhood experience provides the key to a person's personality by dominating their choice of friends and lovers and defining their interests and professional drive.

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

Sheila Dillon investigates the decline in the public's knowledge of meat, while chef Jamie Oliver cooks a range of steaks to reveal the taste differences between fresh and matured meats.

Adventures in Poetry (BBC Radio 4, 4.30 to 5pm)

Peggy Reynolds presents four poetry programmes that focus on a single poem that is firmly lodged in people's affections. The series begins with one of the best-known pieces of poetry - Psalm 23, which is laden with images that have worked themselves deep into history, literature and culture.

Panorama - The Baby Business (BBC 1, 10.15 to 11pm)

It was 25 years ago this month that Louise Brown, the world's first test-tube baby, was born. Since then, 70,000 babies have been born through assisted conception and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is struggling to keep up to date with what's going on inside Britain's fertility clinics, as the programme discovers.

7 July

Think About It - Lifelong Thinking (BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am)

Ian Peacock investigates what he can do to keep the brain cells ticking over as he gets older, and finds out if crosswords and Scrabble are the key to a long life of thinking.

Trauma (BBC 1, 7 to 7.30pm)

This week-long documentary series goes inside the A&E department at Hope Hospital in Salford, Manchester, to follow the staff as they deal with chemical contamination, track down a girl suspected of taking an overdose of painkillers, deal with a suspected case of the SARS virus, and otherwise undergo a busy weekend shift.

Human Senses - Vision (BBC 1, 8.30 to 9pm)

Why humans are so good at seeing certain things, whereas at other times the brain can prevent us from seeing what's right in front of our eyes.

8 July

File on Four (BBC Radio 4, 8 to 8.40pm)

A Government select committee has recently heard evidence that the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is failing to protect the children it is supposed to serve due to poor management and financial constraints. Jenny Cuffe reports on the ongoing crisis in the children's court service and asks whether it could put vulnerable children's lives at risk.