Trauma
BBC 1, 8 to 8.30pm
Jeremy Sheffield narrates this documentary series following the work of the doctors and nurses in Accident and Emergency at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and the doctors and paramedics of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service.
23 April
Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids
ITV 1, 4.05 to 4.30pm
Two animated stories narrated by Nigel Planer. In Bunny Boy, a boy who never eats his greens changes his ways after an accident with a combine harvester and a rabbit, while in Bessy O'Messy, a girl with the messiest room in the world falls into her laundry mountain and meets a group of leprechauns who want her to stay as their housekeeper.
SMart
BBC 1, 5 to 5.25pm
Jay Burridge, Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien visit the Palm House in Kew Gardens, where they show how children can create pictures without paintbrushes.
25 April
Children of Abraham
Channel 4, 8 to 9pm
In this new three-part series, Mark Dowd visits Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Bosnia and the US to explore the shared roots and deep enmities of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, and to discover if there is hope in a shared future. The prophet Abraham is central to these three great monotheistic faiths. Yet, despite these shared origins, and God's reconciliatory promise to Abraham that 'all the tribes of the earth shall be blessed by you', his descendants often resemble a squabbling, dysfunctional family. Dowd attempts to answer three questions: why, if there is one God, are there three so-called monotheistic faiths? Why do some people abuse religion to demonise their enemies while others build bridges to them? And why have the 'children of Abraham' often fallen so short of the promised legacy of unity?
Brave New Europe
BBC Radio 4, 10.45 to 11pm
Next month Europe will change forever when ten more countries join the European Union. Misha Glenny reflects on the conflicts, squabbles and bitterness, as well as the successes of these new EU members, and shows how countries such as Poland, the Baltic States and the Balkans may be about to change our lives dramatically.
27 April
Case Notes
BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm
Gene testing is now widely available to help detect inherited conditions such as cystic fibrosis. The programme discusses how useful such tests are, and asks whether their use and resulting information could create a genetic underclass.
28 April
Frontiers
BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm
Peter Evans meets researchers who are exploring the effects of positive emotions - well-being - on performance and perception. He visits a school where children as young as four are being taught how to identify and communicate their emotions, and finds out how psychological well-being increases the ability to fight disease.
