Michael Cockerell presents his guide on How to be Leader of the Opposition (Saturday, 8.10 p.m., BBC 2). This documentary includes behind-the-scenes access to William Hague, interviews with former opposition leaders and archive film. William Hague tells Cockerell: "Tony Blair and I were discussing which of us has the hardest job: and we both agreed that I do".
The Japanese government has tried many schemes to kick-start its collapsed economy. In desperation it may have to create the disease of inflation to save it from the worse disease of deflation. Michael Robinson on The Money Programme (Sunday, 7.30 p.m., BBC 2) reports on its latest efforts.
In Voyage II (Tuesday, 8.30 p.m., RTE 1) Dick Warner resumes his circumnavigation of the coast of Ireland in his 42-foot ketch Rinn Voyager and visits Charlie Haughey on the Blasket Island of Inishvickillane. Mr Haughey recounts the history of the island and its wildlife. He also talks about his efforts to use alternative energy on the island, which yielded mixed results.
Alan Dukes and Maire Geoghegan-Quinn talk to Senator Maurice Hayes on Cead Chadaoin (Tuesday, 7.30 p.m., RTE 1, with English subtitles). Mr Hayes is the former Northern Ireland ombudsman and senior civil servant. The series was first broadcast on TnaG.
Audi's long-awaited and supercool Audi TT is put up against two other sports cars - the Mercedes SLK and Alfa Romeo's GTV V6 in Driven (Tuesday, 8.30 p.m., Channel 4). The testers put them through their paces and check out the gizmos that come with each car.
Five poker players are followed on their journey through the toughest card game on earth on True Lives, The Million Dollar Deal (Tuesday, 10.10 p.m., RTE 1). The tournament is the World Series of Poker held every year at Binion's Horseshow in Las Vegas and the eventual winner gets $1 million (€950,000) in cash.
All the Right Moves (Thursday, 8.30 p.m., BBC 2) the property advice programme examines the disparity between different estate agents' property valuations.
