'Blue Peter' (BBC 1, 5 to 5.25pm)
The Blue Peter team heads out for a series of four roadshows at beachfront venues around the country. First stop is Scarborough, while on 15 August at the same time they are in the Welsh resort of Rhyl.
15 August
'The Real Birth Show - Premature Births'
(Channel 4, 8.30 to 9pm)
Each year in Britain 40,000 babies are born prematurely, a rate which has remained the same for more than 50 years. This programme features two expectant mothers with histories of premature births. Melanie previously lost a daughter born prematurely, and this time round she nearly loses her baby at 19 weeks and again at 29 weeks. Mary lost her daughter when she was 22 weeks pregnant and no-one seems to know why, so this time she is taking part in a hospital test to examine the reasons for premature birth. The programme is presented by Zoe Ball.
'Living with Pain - The Agony and the Ecstasy'
(BBC Radio 4, 9 to 9.30pm)
Geoff Watts presents a new series investigating pain, and the different ways people react to and cope with it. This first programme explores the range of experience of human pain and how scientists understand it. Geoff talks to researchers studying what goes on in the nerves, muscles and joints to create the sensations of pain, and explores the artistic and musical routes people have chosen to help them come to terms with painful times.
16 August
'Norland Nannies'
(Channel 4, 5.05 to 5.35am)
In the last programme in the series it's high summer at Norland College and the heat is on when the nannies put the finishing touches to their craft projects. Also in this programme, the college breaks with tradition and comes up with a trendy uniform of chinos and sweatshirts, which gets the thumbs-down from the students.
'Crossing Continents'
(BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am)
In an extraordinary campaign to wipe out polio from the world, four war-torn African countries have pledged to work together to vaccinate 16 million children over four days. George Arney tracks health workers up the Congo River and through the jungle as they vaccinate everyone they meet, from slum-dwellers to pygmies, and asks why this high-profile campaign is proving so controversial in the very countries it is trying to help.
'Home Ground - Enough is Enough'
(BBC 2, 7.30 to 8pm)
Domestic violence and suicides within Britain's Asian communities have long been taboo subjects, but attitudes are changing, as this programme reveals. Last year nearly 4,000 women in the Midlands alone had the courage to speak out about domestic abuse and to seek help.
'Analysis'
(BBC Radio 4, 8.30 to 9pm)
The dividing line between the public and private sectors of the economy has become an issue of political controversy, especially in education, health and transport. Frances Cairncross asks if it is time to update notions of public and private, and considers how far the virtues of both sectors can be blended.
17 August
'Get Your Own Back'
(BBC 1, 4.10 to 4.35pm)
Squaring up against each other for the privilege of plunging their chosen adult in the gunge are eight-year-old Alexandra Willis from Walthamstow and Simon Birch, seven, from Greetham. Alexandra wants revenge on her childminder, Pat, who is mad about West Ham and keeps trying to convert her to the football team, while Simon wants to wreak revenge on his grandfather who makes up stories about his time in the navy.
