The Last Resource this week, subtitled Aquaculture and Clew Bay (RTE 1, Tuesday, 8.30 p.m.) is presented by Kirsten McDonagh, a successful restaurateur from Co Mayo. She looks at how the communities of Clew Bay earn their livelihoods from the sea, and how they have been able to exploit their area's rich harvest in traditional and modern ways.
Aquaculture in the Republic is worth nearly £60 million (€76 million) annually, and is often a vital resource in far-flung, otherwise disadvantaged areas. The salmon farm on Clare Island in Clew bay is now the largest employer on both Clare Island and Achill Island - and with the jobs has come new confidence.
This week's Trouble At The Top (BBC 2, Wednesday, March 31st, 9.30 p.m.) looks at franchisees' efforts to save what they can of the Pierre Victoire restaurant-franchise chain, which went bust with debts of more than £10 million last year.
The last of the series of Streetwise (Network 2, Monday, March 29th, 8.05 p.m.) looks back at common complaints the programme received from viewers all over the State, revisiting some of the items covered in the series to check on developments. It also finds out what happens when tradesmen take the money and run.
Balancing the needs of industry and the environment will be one of the biggest issues for the new millennium. Internal Affairs (BBC2, Monday, March 29th, 7 p.m.) follows the British Environment Agency's team in North Wessex as its staff try to juggle the demands of local people, farmers and industry. The cameras follow the agency's environment officers as they tackle problems from illegally-dumped veterinary surgery waste to the tyre-burning ambitions of a local cement factory.
Just to prove there's a market for everything, Tomorrow's World (BBC 1, Wednesday, March 31st, 7.30 p.m.) looks at a Californian company working to supply ice-cream to astronauts.
A series for Easter, each night this week The World on the Street sees the Bishop of Liverpool exploring economic issues such as unemployment and social disadvantage. On Wednesday, (BBC 1, 11.30 p.m.) he looks at money and how it defines a person. Mohamad Al Fayed tells the Bishop how money has shaped his life.
Making It (Thursday, BBC 2, 7.30 p.m.) looks at the first job of Sophie Dickinson, a young designer given the task of marketing the Disney film A Bug's Life. Dickinson works for Empire Design, which designs everything that needs branding, from posters and leaflets to CD covers and multimedia products. She has to follow clear guidelines from Disney about how the film should be portrayed - and looks at schemes including painting London taxis with big insects and producing CD-Roms.
