ambitious, innovative
broad, comprehensive, intensive, major, massive, radical
a comprehensive programme of economic reform

modest
long-term
regular
varied
a varied programme of entertainment

pilot
The pilot programme of vaccination proved successful.

party, political
government
collaborative, joint
joint programmes between government and industry

national, nationwide
action, development, improvement, modernization, privatization, research
recycling
economic, expenditure, financial, investment, marketing, recovery, spending
Mr Brown called for a national recovery programme.

austerity, closure (BrE), cost-cutting (esp. BrE)
The company began a major cost-cutting programme which involved 1 700 job losses.

aid, assistance, relief, welfare
mentoring (esp. AmE), outreach
Support is provided through the community outreach programme.

instructional, tutoring (both AmE)
assessment, testing
care, health, health-care
a community-care programme for psychiatric patients

screening, treatment, vaccination
a diabetes treatment programme
large-scale screening programmes of newborns

rehab (informal), rehabilitation
She helped him get into a drug rehab programme.

inpatient, outpatient
residential
a residential drug treatment programme

crime-prevention, drug-prevention, etc.
breeding, building, conservation, defence/defense, missile, nuclear, rebuilding, weapons
Female seals are needed for the breeding programme.

exercise, weight-loss, workout (esp. AmE)
internship (AmE), residency (esp. AmE)
a residency programme for artists

accredited, certificate, certification (all AmE)
students in an accredited journalism programme

college, school (both esp. AmE)
graduate, undergraduate (both esp. AmE)
degree, doctoral, Master's (all esp. AmE)
students enrolled on the two-year MA degree programme

academic (esp. AmE), education, educational, literacy, training, vocational
English, history, physics, science, etc. (all esp. AmE)
after-school (esp. AmE)
an after-school science programme that promotes science literacy

online (esp. AmE)
The foundation's online learning programme brings the classroom to you.

two-year, three-year, etc. (all esp. AmE)
a two-year master's programme

agree, agree on, develop, draw up, establish, have, initiate, institute, organize, plan, set up
outline
The course leader outlined the programme we would be following.

administer, carry out, conduct, implement, launch, run
expand
offer
The college offers a wide variety of programmes of study.

finance, fund
How is the programme to be financed?

begin, embark on, enter, start, undertake
enrol/enroll in, enrol/enroll on (both esp. AmE)
She enrolled in a Master's programme in American history

attend
He must attend a sex offenders' programme.

follow, pursue
complete
cancel, scrap
The government says it will scrap all of its nuclear programmes.

coordinate, oversee
He is coordinating a Europe-wide research programme into treatments for prostate cancer.

aim to, allow (sb) sth, be aimed at sb/sth, be designed to
The programme aims to increase employment.

include sth, involve sb/sth
offer sth, provide sth
target sb/sth
an exercise programme targeting those weak points

focus on
a graduate programme that focuses on a chosen profession

in a/the programme, on the/your programme
What's on your programme today (= What are your plans)?

programme for
What's the programme for (= What are we going to do) tomorrow?

programme of
a programme of lectures
a program of study (AmE)

the aim of a programme, the objective of a programme, the purpose of a programme

radio, television, TV
current-affairs, documentary, factual (all esp. BrE)
news
comedy
children's
cookery (BrE), cooking (AmE), music, religious, wildlife, etc.
call-in (AmE), phone-in (BrE)
digital
flagship (esp. BrE)
BBC radio's flagship news programme

see, watch
listen to
record
do, make
host, present
a news programme hosted by Freddie Greenan

air, broadcast, screen, show
sponsor
cancel, scrap

in a/the programme
In today's programme, we'll be giving you advice on how to manage your money.

on a/the programme
He appeared on the programme last night.

programme about, programme on
I saw a good programme on owls last night.

concert, theatre/theater
match, race

in the programme
Her name doesn't appear in the concert programme.

exciting, interesting
musical, sporting (BrE)

arrange, draw up, plan, organize
We're planning an exciting programme of activities.

consist of sth, include sth

programme of
a programme of 17th-century music

a programme of events
The programme of events also includes a parade and poetry recitations.