View From The Sofa: Bringing Books to Life, BBC2

A measure of Sir David Hart's influence in government circles can be glimpsed by the following exchange in the early days of New Labour. Tony Blair's education advisers were mulling over a potentially controversial education reform – there were murmurings about how it might be an anathema to the National Union of Teachers followed by silence. A voice, that of a senior adviser, piped up: "Ah, but what do the National Association of Head Teachers think about it?" The implication was that, if they too opposed it, it could be jettisoned to the history books.

A brilliant collaboration cooks a mediaeval love story into a crisp modern fable, with delectable orchestration on the side

Balanced precariously in a narrow canoe, two Nigerian nurses traverse a mile-wide Atlantic estuary to run the daily gauntlet of militant gangs, kidnappers, and unforgiving waters, on a mission to immunise children.

Trainer takes his place in Festival history as 2011 victor recaptures the Champion Hurdle

Poor computer skills could be hampering young people's career chances, a charity warned today.

The pop star Will.i.am launched a £500,000 initiative to boost the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths for disaffected children at the Science Museum in London today, after he donated the money to the Prince’s Trust.

The sprawling Tihar Jail in the west of Delhi, home to around 13,000 inmates, was once notorious across the region.

An important, if troubling, bit of research has just been published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, backed with some government money.

Rizzle Kicks could be heading to Hollywood after the hip-hop duo admitted they were thinking of making a film and have roped in Plan B to help out.

The maps long favoured in the West partition off Arab countries into ethnic divisions, but all these make clear is our own ignorance

Activists speak out over 'unprecedented level of institutional abuse of children'

The Downton Abbey writer said he had no option but to write the dramatic demise of key characters

Waiting for royalty: A tale of endless Arabian nights