The phrase "a selection of programmes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a variety of different programs or options available for consideration or participation.
Example: "The festival will feature a selection of programmes that cater to all age groups and interests."
Alternatives: "a variety of programmes" or "a range of programmes".
A quality review of UNICEF's Executive Board Country Programme Documents for 2006, SPPG, 2007 This baseline assessment examined a selection of Country Programme Documents submitted to the Executive Board in 2006.
Placeshifting makes it harder to charge consumers for new streaming video and mobile-TV services, for example; why pay extra for a limited selection of programmes when you can stream TV from home right to your computer or handset?
Radio 2 alone has a vast selection of programmes, which it gathers under the title Radio 2 Loves Eurovision, and we've not even got on to the TV… Anyway, on the World Service, under The Documentary strand, The Swedish Ambassador's Guide to Eurovision (excellent) explained why the BBC loses its mind over this stupid singing competition.
GMTV provided the TV watchdog with a random selection of programme tapes.
Permission to recruit participants was requested via 57 emails to a random selection of programme leaders of the largest pre-registration health and social care professional programmes in England (medicine, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, social work and community nursing).
Due credit to Venice, then, for attempting to address the imbalance with its Sala Web programme, a selection of 11 films from this year's festival made available to the global public to view online.
During the session, participants were invited to appraise and interact with a selection of sample materials from the programme including manuals, activity workbooks and toolkit items.
Selection of programmes for analysis was conducted blind; the segments analysed are included in the Supplementary Materials.
During the company's UK tour, it draws its programmes from a selection of new and vintage work.
It beat its rivals to win a contract for search and advertising features on News Corporation's internet sites, which include MySpace, a trendy social-networking website, and also reached an agreement with Viacom to syndicate a selection of clips from Viacom's MTV and Nickelodeon programmes to websites that use Google's advertising network.
