On Sunday Olivia O'Leary continues her series Living with the Euro on RTE 1, 11 p.m. This week's panellists include Peter Brennan, Irish Business Bureau; Mike Allen, Irish Organisation of the Unemployed; Jim Power, Bank of Ireland; Terry Hobdell, ISME; and Pat Cox, MEP.
On Network 2 on Sunday at 10.20 p.m., George Lee, RTE's economics editor, presents the second in the Money Box series, which looks at the world of high finance and gives a layman's guide to the business world.
A four-part documentary series Big Science starts on RTE 1 on Monday, 9.30 p.m. The opening programme focuses on the latest developments in forensic science, with special emphasis on the Irish scene. Future programmes include a look at experiments with genetic crops in Ireland and India and the technology that will be available in the next century, which is currently being planned and developed in Japan.
Ear to the Ground, RTE 1, Tuesday, at 8.30 p.m., includes the good-news story of a successful Irish enterprise. Some 12 years ago, Charlie Kelly and Tim Smith decided to have a go at farming a new Japanese species of clam. Now they are the largest producers of clams in Europe, with 98 per cent of their produce exported to France, Spain and England.
If you love dogs and need to make some money in your own home, then John Pitman's first documentary in a new five-part series, Personal Services, Thursday, Channel 4, 8.30 p.m., should be of interest. In Britain some folk never go away because they won't put their dog in a kennel. Marilyn Lewis saw a gap in the market and for £8 a day she provides a personal service for canines called Home from Home. Owners can go away happily, knowing the family pet is in safe hands. It seems a good idea for some enterprising animal lover, and it's easier than minding babies.
Roisin McAuley's final guest in The Interview, Thursday, BBC 2, 8 p.m. is businessman Gerry Robinson. Robinson is the multi-millionaire head of the Granada Group and is currently chairman of the Arts Council in England.
