(BBC 1, 4.10 to 4.35pm)
A new children's animation series about a boy called Connor and his robot friend who battle against the evil forces of Dr K. In this first episode Connor is challenged to fix a robot within 24 hours.
8 June 'Archive Hour - Thalidomide: Forty Years On'
(BBC Radio 4, 8 to 9pm)
In the late 1950s and early 1960s pregnant women across the globe reached for a recommended remedy for morning sickness, resulting in 10,000 babies being born with disabilities caused by Thalidomide. This powerful programme draws on archives from the UK, Germany (where most Thalidomide survivors live), Australia and Canada to tell the stories of families who had babies without limbs and what happened to the children as they grew up.
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