Too much hype and demand, coupled with inadequate supply: it's the season for that old familiar toy story to rear its head again. This Christmas, it's the turn of model Teletubbies to be thin on the ground, and British stores are already training staff how to deal with the expected rush for the toy. Here and Now investigates who is to blame for the shortage, on BBC 1, Monday, 7.30 p.m.8 p.m.
Meanwhile, Streetwise looks at shoppers' rights when they buy second-hand goods, on Network 2, Tuesday, 7.35 p.m.8.05 p.m.
Cashing in on the upsurge in 1970s nostalgia seems like a good idea to the night club manager of the Liverpool Hotel Adelphi. But Afro wigs and dancing girls fail to pull the crowds. Members of the club staff think they know better and plan a special night of their own, as the documentary Hotel continues on BBC 1, Monday, 9.3010 p.m.
More fuel for thought for the travel trade as a new series, Holiday Reps, lifts off with staff of Unijet trying to keep passengers cool and calm amid Menorca's worst storm and a long, hot airport delay, on BBC 1, Thursday, 8.30 p.m.9 p.m.
Have campaigning groups deliberately exaggerated the severity of environmental problems? Scare Stories examines the arguments put forward by "green" groups, starting with the issue of world population growth, on BBC 2, Thursday, 9.25 p.m.10.15 p.m.
How should a small company go about overseas marketing? Alan Baxter, who runs a ceramics training centre, learns how he can attract more students from outside Britain, in The Business Hour, BBC 2, Monday, 5 a.m.6 a.m.
Abroad, the Arles Cartoon Forum on the state of the European animation industry features in Dope Sheet, Channel 4, Thursday, midnight12.30 a.m. And back home, a Kilkenny man with a passion for steam engines and a talent for bone-setting talks about his years in business in Ear to the Ground, RTE 1, Tuesday, 8.30-9 p.m.
