I Wish I'd Thought of That (Monday, Channel 4, 3.30 p.m.), the series that looks at the latest ingenious innovations and business ideas, this week reviews a rain alarm, clothes for dogs and a mobile shelter to protect young babies.
Ms Perween Warsi is the second richest Asian businesswoman in Britain. Thirteen years ago, she was selling samosas from her Derby kitchen. Today her business has a turnover of £100 million (€157 million). Boss Woman - The Curry Queen (BBC1, Monday, 10.30 p.m.) charts her mission "to see the whole British nation enjoying my food".
The fifth programme of Irish Dreamtime (Tuesday, RTE 1, 10.30 p.m.) explores at the ways we reshape our past in the interests of the modern business of tourism. Sanitised images of our heritage like leprechauns at Dublin airport, Bunratty Castle and the Blarney Stone are the cost of extracting a healthy economic yield.
Another chance to see Wedgwood chief executive Mr Brian Patterson in the award-winning series Back to the Floor (Wednesday, BBC2, 10 p.m.), the series in which top bosses return to the shop floor for a week. In this repeat episode Breaking the Mould, Mr Patterson faces his staff after wage and job cuts.
In Better By Design (Tuesday, Channel 4, 8.30 p.m.), multi-award-winning designers Richard Seymore and Dick Powell will take a critical look at a range of everyday objects that simply don't work properly.
This week it's the turn of the burglar alarm. The problem is easy to identify - they are so difficult to use, people don't bother. The solution - centralised locking for homes, just like your car.
mconway@irish-times.ie
