26mar-1apr

China: Triumph and Turmoil
Channel 4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 26 Mar
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
Niall Ferguson examines the impact of China's growth on the rest of the world, and how criticism of the country's politics could jeopardise future investment in the UK. He also investigates how fragile economies around the world are increasingly dependent on Chinese money to bail them out, and whether a transition of global power from west to east could be accomplished peacefully. Last in the series

This World: The Mormon Candidate
BBC2 London 7:00pm-8:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
John Sweeney profiles US politician Mitt Romney, the leader in the race to become the Republican candidate in this year's presidential elections, and explores how his Mormon beliefs are likely to be received by voters across the country. Sweeney travels to Utah to examine the appeal of the world's fastest-growing religion, investigates the faith's practices, including rituals Romney is likely to have participated in, and talks to believers as well as former members of the Church

Horizon: Global Weirding
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 27 Mar
The work of scientists trying to understand why the world's weather seems to be getting more extreme and if these patterns are a taste of what is to come. In the past few years, the UK has experienced very cold winters, drought and floods, while in Texas an unprecedented amount of rainfall has been followed by a record-breaking dry period

WikiLeaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 28 Mar
Part two of two. Richard Bilton uses the diplomatic messages to explore America's foreign policy fears, including China's rising economic power, struggles with Russian aggression and the threat of an Iranian nuclear bomb. He tells the story of a crisis at the heart of Nato with echoes of the Cold War and investigates Kremlin corruption by meeting the sources who gave information to US diplomats, as well as interviewing Chinese dissidents and talking to those who tried to persuade America to strike against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mar18-Mar24

China: Triumph and Turmoil 
Channel 4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 19 Mar
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
Niall Ferguson examines how China is able to live under a communist system of government, while maintaining a thriving capitalist economy. He travels from Beijing to the birthplace of Chairman Mao at Shaoshan to discover why the former leader is revered, despite claims that he orchestrated a succession of revolutions that killed more people than Hitler and Stalin combined, and tracks down survivors of his leadership

Horizon: The Truth About Fat 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 20 Mar
Surgeon Gabriel Weston explores why so many people are piling on the pounds - and learns about new ways to fight the flab. She discovers the hidden hormones that control appetite and sees the latest surgery that fundamentally changes what a patient wants to eat - by altering how their brains work

WikiLeaks: The Secret Life of a Superpower 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 21 Mar
Part one of two. Richard Bilton speaks to leading members of the US Government about the impact of the publication of more than 250,000 diplomatic messages or cables on the WikiLeaks website, founded by Australian internet activist Julian Assange. Bilton examines what the cables reveal about America's dealings with deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and the decisions made by diplomats over the repatriation of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay

Gambling Addiction & Me: The Real Hustler 
BBC3 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 21 Mar
Documentary in which Alexis Conran sets out to understand why some people view gambling as a pleasurable pastime, while for others it is a compulsion that can lead to ruin. He talks to members of his family about his father's obsession with betting, which led to his incarceration, and travels round Britain and to Athens and Las Vegas to meet addicts and experts on the subject

11th - 17th March

China: Triumph and Turmoil 
Channel 4 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 12 MarSeason 1 Episode 1 of 3
New series. Niall Ferguson examines China's rapid rise as a global financial superpower, exploring how its communist government has maintained relative stability despite relying on a largely capitalist economy. He begins by looking at how the country's vast apparatus of state often requires subjugating individual freedom for the greater good

Horizon: Out of Control? 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 13 MaPeople assume they are in control of their lives, deciding what they want and when they want it - but scientists now claim this is simply an illusion. Experiments reveal that what a person does and what they think can be very different, with the unconscious mind often influencing the decisions they make, from what they eat to who they fall in love with. Horizon reveals to what extent people really do control their own destiny

Rights Gone Wrong? 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 14 MarAndrew Neil investigates human rights, in light of the controversy over the inability to deport radical cleric Abu Qatada and the banning of prayers before council meetings. He uses his inside knowledge of the corridors of power to ask whether human rights laws are equitable and searches for a way Britain can regain public support for a justice system that many feel lacks common sense

4th-10th March

Orbit: Earth's Extraordinary Journey 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Sun 4 Mar
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
New series. Kate Humble and Dr Helen Czerski examine the Earth's annual trip around the sun to show the effect it has on the planet, including its influence on the weather and the tides. The first episode covers the period from July to the winter solstice in December, with Helen leaping from an aeroplane and Kate briefly becoming the fastest driver in the world to demonstrate the consequences of the orbit on Earth's inhabitants

 Storyville: Knuckle - Bare Fist Fighting (2011) 
BBC4 10:00pm-11:30pm (1 hour 30 minutes) Mon 5 Mar
Premiere. Documentary examining the secretive world of bare-knuckle boxing among Ireland's travellers over the course of 12 years. The film focuses on a long-running feud between two rival families, and a series of brutal bouts that takes place between members of the two clans

Dirk Gently 
BBC4 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 5 Mar
Season 1 Episode 1 of 3
New series. Comedy drama based on Douglas Adams' novels about a self-styled holistic detective who specialises in discovering improbable solutions to baffling mysteries.

Horizon: Solar Storms - The Threat to Planet Earth 
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Tue 6 Mar
Scientists predict this year will see a fit of violent activity on the sun which will propel billions of tonnes of superheated gas and pulses of energy towards Earth. In 1989 one of these solar storms, which has the power to close down modern technology, cut off the power to the Canadian city of Quebec. Horizon meets the weathermen as they try to predict what's coming and organisations like the National Grid as they prepare for the cosmic tempest