The British government's dream that somehow an efficient and profitable railway system would be reborn in private hands seems to have bitten the dust. The Money Programme (Sunday, BBC 2, 7.30 p.m.) examines whether Britain's rail industry can be pushed to provide a modern service or whether the only answer is a huge investment of public money.
Bullies are bad for business and that's official. Figures released in Britain suggest that the cost of stress and stress-related illness, largely from bullying, is about £12 billion (€15.25 billion) a year. In the first of a new series of Heart of the Matter, (Sunday, BBC 1, 11.55 p.m.) Joan Bakewell investigates bullying in the workplace.
Raising the Roof: Mortgages (Monday, BBC 2, 8 p.m.), the fifth episode of Paul Kenyon's investigation into the darker side of housing professionals in Britain, takes on the mortgage industry. The undercover reporter found mortgages were poorly regulated and that the industry was an open invitation to rogue operators and sharp practice.
On Monday, this week's strand in the True Lives series (RTE 1, 8 p.m.) examines the booming charity business. In fact, business is so good that it has given rise to a new breed of professionals who advise the super rich on how best to give away their money and be good philanthropists.
Continuing the Workers at War series (Tuesday, BBC 1, 10.45 p.m.) Patrick Holland's film Revenge looks at the unconventional way some disgruntled employees have got even with former bosses - and we are not talking about industrial tribunals.
How will the millennium bug affect your car and the car industry in this State? Drive (Tuesday, N2, 10.20 p.m.) includes a report by Sarah Kavanagh on the problem.
Trouble at the Top, the series that follows high-powered bosses as they try to make new firms succeed or prevent established companies from going over the edge, returns on Wednesday (BBC 2, 9.50 p.m.). The first episode focuses on Steve Pateman as he attempts to transform his struggling traditional family shoe firm into The Kinky Boot Factory.
