Company directors put their 60-second pitch to the contestants on Show me the money (Monday to Friday, 1 p.m., Channel 4) and see their company shareprices jitter as a result.
The Money Programme (Sunday, 7.30 p.m., BBC2) steers towards the car industry to find out who would pay the cost of recycling if it were forced to be responsible not just for building new vehicles but for disposing of the old ones.
Stroke victim and businessman, Mr Thomas Hippenmeyer, invests his future in genetic research as Equinox: curing the incurable (Monday, 9.00 p.m., Channel 4) discovers. Together with his Layton BioScience colleagues, Mr Hippenmeyer is convinced that he has an astonishing breakthrough using bioengineered stem cells which could cure some of today's incurable degenerative diseases. Stem cell therapy is being investigated by other companies too and the race is on to get a product onto this fiercely competitive market.
The catwalk has hit the chainstores and for modest prices high-street stores are championing well-known designers to produce exclusive ranges at affordable prices. Looking Good (Wednesday, 8.30 p.m., BBC2) guides a fashion victim through the ranges to get an outfit to fool her well-heeled friends.
Business consultant, chef and restaurateur, Mr Pat McDonald, comes to the aid of six restaurants in serious financial trouble in this first of six programmes, If you can't stand the heat (Wednesdays, 9.00 p.m., Channel 4). He helps uncover their mistakes, exposes the problems and offers advice about marketing and good management. Norma and Stephen Bond have been left with debts of £370,000 sterling and have four or five months left in which to turn things around. Does Mr McDonald have a recipe for their success?
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