(Channel 4, 8 to 9pm)
Modern doctors solve the mystery of why Mary Tudor wasn't actually able to give birth, while a recent medical breakthrough may explain why although Queen Anne endured 17 pregnancies, no heir survived her. And the programme considers how a battle between midwives and obstetricians over Princess Charlotte destroyed two generations of heirs and brought Queen Victoria to the throne.
2 February. 'Sunday Surgery'
(BBC Radio 1, 11am to 1pm)
Emma B and Dr Mark Hamilton give their advice on how to cope when a relationship breaks up. They talk to various people about their relationships and give tips on how to move on and not dwell on what might have been.
'The Food Programme'
(BBC Radio 4, 12.30 to 1pm)
Sheila Dillon investigates the truth about sell-by dates on food and discovers what happens to unwanted food in shops and restaurants.
'Book Club'
(BBC Radio 4, 4 to 4.30pm)
Salman Rushdie discusses his Booker Prize-winning novel Midnight's Children, a fairy tale and political narrative by Saleem, one of 1,001 babies born at the midnight of India's independence.
'Holiday Swaps'
(BBC 1, 7.30 to 8pm)
The Disney-loving Savage family are packed off to a working ranch in Wyoming to experience 'real' America, while the equestrian-loving Gibson family find Big Thunder Mountain and the Tower of Terror at Disneyland can get the adrenalin pumping almost as much as a canter in the countryside.
4 February 'Glasgow Dreamer'
(BBC Radio 4, 11.30am to 12noon)
To mark Ivor Cutler's 80th birthday, this programme profiles the Glaswegian whose childhood experiences have been a source for his prose and poetry, which mix wry observation, humour and melancholy.
5 February. 'The Park'
(BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am)
Sara Parker chronicles life in public parks in Britain's towns and cities during winter and spring.
'A Strain on the System'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
Sue Broom investigates the lessons learned for Britain's countryside from the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic. She also looks at how improved contingency planning and better science might prevent such devastating outbreaks of other diseases such as Bluetongue, Rinderpest and swine fever.
6 February 'Leading Edge'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
Particular smells evoke powerful memories, especially from childhood.
Claudia Hammond takes a trip down memory lane with the help of her nose as she talks to scientists who are trying to find out what is going on in the brain when a memory is formed using smell.
7 February 'Ramblings'
(BBC Radio 4, 3 to 3.30pm)
The first programme in a six-part series about countryside walks visits Newquay in Cornwall, where a grandson has come from Canada to trace his grandfather's footsteps along the coast from Falmouth to Bude using his grandfather's old diary
