A new age is dawning for the Western world - old age. We are living longer and producing fewer children. Within a few years the impact will hit hard. There will be too few workers, too many retired people and a heavy strain on pensions and health services. As A Money Programme Special - The Age Wave reports, some remedies to stave off catastrophe are startling.

The 1970s was a bleak period for the Irish fashion industry with designers moving abroad and businesses closing down. But as After A Fashion points out there were successes too, such as Carolyn Donnelly, Liz Quinn, Patrick Howard and Michael Mortell (Tuesday, RTE 1, 8.30 p.m.).

In the second instalment of the new series of consumer affairs programme Streetwise, solicitor Emma Meagher-Neville investigates a money-making scheme that left one consumer out of pocket. Reporter Oonagh Smyth gets her teeth into the prices charged by Irish dentists. And the European Consumer Centre also offers information and advice to consumers who have a range of problems and queries. (Thursday, RTE 1, 8 p.m.)