On The Last Resource (RTE 1, Tuesday, April 6th, 8.30 p.m.) woodturner Liam O'Neill takes a close look at the craft industry in Galway. More than 10,000 people are employed in craft in Ireland, more than half of them in rural areas west of the Shannon. But many talented craftworkers find the idea of going into production distasteful: O'Neill looks at how a balance can be achieved between art and industry.
The last president of Carysfort Teacher Training College, closed by the government and sold in controversial circumstances in the mid-1980s, now lives as a semi-hermit in Valparaiso, Chile. In Thainig Bean go Valparaiso (TnaG, Sunday, April 4th, 9.50 p.m.) Sister Terracita Durkan talks about her new life - and she has scathing comments on the politicians and department officials involved in the closing of Carysfort.
Top Gear (BBC 2, 8.30 p.m., Thursday, April 8th) features the programme's annual customer satisfaction survey. Reliability, performance, convenience and dealer service are taken into account.
Making It (BBC 2, 8 p.m., Friday, April 9th) features two young designers employed by the household-goods retailer, Habitat. Both are fresh from college, and rather stunned by the speed with which they are expected to turn out drawings and models. Realising their short-term contracts are unlikely to be extended, they begin looking for other work . . .
Following the efforts of flamboyant restaurateur Vincent Osborne to open a new bar, Electric Avenue (Channel 4, Tuesday, April 6th, 11.45 p.m.) is the first in a four-part series of short programmes profiling those who work on Electric Avenue, Brixton.
Set the video for the Learning Zone, for Skills for Work (BBC 2, 5 a.m., Tuesday morning); Career Moves, Leisure (BBC 2, 5 a.m., Wednesday); and Steps to Better Management (BBC 2, 5.30 a.m., Thursday).
Looking Good (BBC 2, 8.30 p.m., Wednesday, April 7th) looks at virtual shopping - how new technology will allow shoppers to print out their body shape and match it to clothes which are a perfect fit!
Wildlife conservation is big business. Counterblast (BBC 2, Tuesday, April 6th, 7.30 p.m.) shows another side to efforts to conserve endangered species and habitats - the suffering of local people who are excluded from land they believe is theirs, denied a role in managing such areas, and receive little or nothing from the tourism generated by conservation efforts.
