Business On TV

The final part in the series The Last Resource, looks at the importance of the horse industry to Co Kildare

The final part in the series The Last Resource, looks at the importance of the horse industry to Co Kildare. Horsetrainer Sheena Collins examines the Irish Horseracing Authority's five-year strategic plan for the industry and a new initiative aimed at branding the county as the home of the horse, RTE 1, Tuesday, 8.30 p.m.9 p.m.

Judy Finnigan presents a new consumer series which will follow up customer complaints, show shoppers how to haggle, and give "ordinary" Yorkshire villagers the task of testing an array of goods each week. We Can Work It Out starts on UTV, Thursday, 7.30 p.m.8 p.m.

Four million parking tickets were issued in London last year and 200,000 cars were clamped or towed away. Not surprisingly, those at the frontline of this mammoth operation face abuse, insults, and occasionally assault. A new series, The Clampers, keeps pace with them on their thankless beat, BBC 1, Monday, 9.30 p.m.10 p.m.

Half of Britain's population has never used a computer. But a BBC campaign is attempting to redress the deficit, starting with a new series of Computers Don't Bite. In the first programme, EastEnders actor Adam Woodyatt, TV chef Ainsley Harriott and musician Rick Wakeman ease the uninitiated painlessly into the concepts of Websites, Internet providers and CDROMs, on BBC 2, Monday, 7.30 p.m.8 p.m.

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Finally, World in Action delves deep into a swimming badge business which was set up to finance the sport and assist Britain's leading competitors, on UTV, Monday, 8 p.m.-8.30 p.m.

Fionnuala Mulcahy

Fionnuala Mulcahy

Fionnuala Mulcahy is a Duty Editor at The Irish Times