TV Guide BBC News Saturday

Hayley Hassall uncovers one of the darkest and least-known chapters in British medical history - the use of electric shock therapies to try to change gay and transsexual people. For decades experts used these methods to associate same-sex desire and gender preference with pain. Many victims from educational establishments and the criminal justice system were coerced into accepting the treatment. Now a small group of survivors are seeking apologies from the NHS and state institutions who were responsible for carrying out procedures, which they say have blighted their lives for decades

Simon King explores how the aviation industry handles extreme weather and turbulence, from training pilots in flight simulators - giving them the skills they need to keep so cool when landing a plane in a storm - to the art of keeping distressed passengers calm

John Wilson talks to Margaret Atwood, who traces her writing back to sagas that she invented with her brother as a child. She recalls an opera about fabrics that she wrote and performed at high school for a home economics project, how she staged puppet shows for children's parties, and the huge impact that reading George Orwell had on her

Simon King explores how the aviation industry handles extreme weather and turbulence, from training pilots in flight simulators - giving them the skills they need to keep so cool when landing a plane in a storm - to the art of keeping distressed passengers calm