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The final programme in the books series Undercover looks at how The Gallery Press, founded in Dublin 28 years ago by Peter Fallon…

The final programme in the books series Undercover looks at how The Gallery Press, founded in Dublin 28 years ago by Peter Fallon, has given a platform to emerging poets, and emerged as a success story in its own right, RTE 1, Thursday, 10.10 p.m.-10.40 p.m.

Fine Gael finance spokesman, Michael Noonan TD, is in the hot seat as Maire Geoghegan-Quinn and Alan Dukes TD fire the questions on Cead Cheadaoin, TnaG, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m.-10 p.m.

A clutch of new initiatives to promote tourism in south Tyrone are hatching in the arts and culinary fields but success is largely dependent on the fate of the peace process, Country Times reports. South of the Border, the programme casts an eye on organic food production in Co Leitrim, BBC 2, Tuesday, 8 p.m.-8.30 p.m.

Breeders determine how dairy cows mate and nutritionists decide what they eat, to ensure each animal now yields 140 pints of milk a day. Leviathan reports how the cow has become a milk factory on four legs, BBC 2, Wednesday, 7.30 p.m.-8 p.m.

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Shopping in electronic malls features in this week's Computers Don't Bite: The Beginners' Guide, on Monday, BBC 2, 7.30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Meanwhile, home-calling by telephone sales teams, the best bargain in replica football shirts and a taste of new types of tea, are grist to the mill for the investigative team in the consumer programme We Can Work it Out, UTV, Thursday, 7.30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Unable to afford to buy a house, some Wiltshire villagers are now seizing the initiative to build their own. All the Right Moves reports, on BBC 2, Thursday, 8.30 p.m.-9 p.m.

Finally, Heart Bypass: Jonathan Meades Motors Through Birming- ham, offers Meade's personal perspective on aspects of the city including the re-branding of Birmingham as a conference mecca. "Its new industry is talking rather than doing," Meade says, BBC 2, Sunday, 9 p.m.-9.30 p.m.

Fionnuala Mulcahy

Fionnuala Mulcahy

Fionnuala Mulcahy is a Duty Editor at The Irish Times