Business On Television

Helmut Kohl, architect of the European Monetary Union, is the longest-serving German Chancellor in history

Helmut Kohl, architect of the European Monetary Union, is the longest-serving German Chancellor in history. In the run-up to this month's elections, The German Giant, Saturday, BBC 2, 6 p.m. charts his career.

In an industry that is mostly run by men, Rosie Boycott, incumbent editor of the Independent on Sunday, became the first female editor of a daily broadsheet in Britain in January when she took over the London Independent. Cutting Edge Special: Independent Rosie, Ch 4, Sunday 9 p.m. charts her time in the hot seat up to and including the takeover bid by Tony O'Reilly and Andrew Marr's reinstatement.

At 37, Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records, is one of the most successful businessmen in Britain.

Omnibus: Alan McGee: The Man Who Discovered Oasis, Monday, BBC 1, 10.40 p.m. profiles Mr McGee, who started out running a record company from his flat in south London and ended up one of the most influential names in the music business.

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Tech TV, Tuesday, Network 2, 10.20 p.m. continues with a look at how fingerprints may soon replace computer passwords.

Photographer David Bailey gives the low-down on modelling, the world's most glamorous industry, in a new series, Models Close-Up, starting on Ch 4, Wednesday, 9 p.m.