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28 April 'Stuff'
28 April

'Stuff'

(ITV 1, 10.25 to 10.55am).

Children from around the UK reveal what matters to them, from dead pets to grumpy caretakers, and Harry Potter to Britney Spears.

'Potted History'

(BBC Radio 4, 2.45 to 3pm each weekday).

Gregg Wallace and Charlie Hicks explore the history and future of food preservation, which has been vital for the development of the human race. For example, without dried meat the Romans wouldn't have had the resources to feed their armies, Columbus would never have set sail and the Apollo astronauts wouldn't have been able to go to the Moon. Gregg and Charlie look at such food preservation methods as drying, jams, chutneys, canning and potting, freezing and milk preservation.

'Correspondent'

(BBC 2, 6.45 to 7.30pm)

In 1996, Regina Louf came forward to the Belgian authorities to say she had spent years as the victim of a paedophile network. Her tearful account described child sex orgies involving politicians and members of the country's elite and for years there was a huge effort to discredit her evidence. But now the policeman at the centre of the investigation has broken his silence to claim the enquiry was blocked because it threatened to reveal too much.

'Wasted - After the Fall'

(Channel 4, 8 to 9pm)

This programme focuses on Steven Longstaff and his family who live in Ashington, Northumberland, the biggest mining town in the world until its pit closed in 1986 after the national miners' strike. Steven, now 34, has been unemployed for eight years after a concrete factory closed. As his children grow up this programme examines what options there will be for them.

29 April

'Preston Pig - Oops'

(ITV 1, 3.30 to 3.45pm)

In popular author Colin McNaughton's take on 'Little Red Riding Hood', Preston Pig goes to visit his grandmother and Mr Wolf finds that not every fairy tale has a happy ending.

'Young Voices'

(BBC Radio 4, 3.45 to 4pm)

Felicity Finch presents an intimate insight into the lives of five young people as they tackle some of the key issues for their age group. As part of Save the Children's Saying Power Millennium Award scheme they undertake projects including providing support for refugee children arriving alone in the UK and bringing young people into politics in Wales.

'4x4 Reports'

(BBC 1, 7.30 to 8pm)

Every day three million children travel to school by car and, as barely half of Britain's children walk there, the school run is the biggest daily source of traffic congestion. Rhodri Morgan challenges parents at Much Woolton Primary School in Liverpool not to use the car for the day and walk to school or use an American 'yellow bus'.

30 April

'Montel - Families Torn Apart by Secrets and Lies'

(Channel 4, 1 to 1.35pm)

Montel Williams offers professional advice to a dysfunctional American family where paternity is questioned and children are betrayed.