'Panorama - In Deep Water'
(BBC 1, 10.15 to 10.55pm)
The current affairs programme looks at how communities are coping after the worst floods in recent memory. Hundreds of families are still living in temporary accommodation, their houses humming with dehumidifiers, their possessions in skips and, in many cases, with little prospect of returning home in the near future.
19 March
'Baby Rites'
(BBC Radio 4, 3.45 to 4pm Monday to Wednesday)
In this three-part series Kate Saunders learns about the beliefs and practices surrounding pregnancy and childbirth in different religious and cultural traditions. In this first programme she attends a circumcision, which is performed on all Jewish boys when they are eight days old. The second programme looks at the rites marking the birth of a Muslim child and in the final programme on Wednesday, Kate talks to Chinese women hoping to conceive who pray to the Buddhist goddess of mercy and compassion. After birth they follow the ancient practice of 'lying in' for a month.
'I Wish I'd Thought of That'
(Channel 4, 3 to 3.30pm)
Ingenious British inventions including a cooling pack for playground injuries and a children's activity website.
'Ricki - Help! I Can't Handle My Kids!'
(Channel 4, 5.30 to 6pm)
Therapist Jeffrey Gardere and mothers whose children are organised and disciplined offer advice to mothers whose children are out of control. A follow-up programme looking at how they got on is on 20 March at the same time.
20 March
'Real Estates - Health'
(BBC 2, 11.20pm to 12 midnight)
The programme follows health workers on estates in Salford, Greater Manchester, on the case of pregnant 16-year-old Mary. She is set to join the thousands of teenage mothers in Britain, which has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe.
21 March
'Family Soap'
(BBC Radio 4, 11 to 11.30am)
A Lancashire soap powder factory is the setting for an experiment helping workers achieve a balance between work and family. Two years ago McBride's in Middleton appointed a childcare co-ordinator to give support on all aspects of family life to the 1,000 staff. She helps a family fill in forms to recoup childcare costs, and helps a mother find school places and a childminder for her two children.
'Blue Peter'
(BBC 1, 5 to 5.25pm)
As part of Science Week, 'Blue Peter' looks at the weather. Simon Thomas explores why weather patterns are changing so much and examines the phenomenon of global warming.
