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