What"s on the box this week?

'Katherine Lynch"s Wonderwoman" (RTE 2, Monday) - Katherine Lynch returns with a brand new six-part series following the adventures of four colourful Irish women in a six-part comic 'mock-u-soap" which follows the aromatic adventures of a quartet of highly unusual, but nigglingly identifiable, modern Irish women. Meet Leitrim"s Liz Hurley, a sexually confused small-town girl of 35 who still lives at home with the mammy, coaches the local ladies" GAA team, plays bass in small-town AC/DC tribute act 50-50 and, because she hadn"t the height for the Guards, became Leitrim"s only self-appointed immigration officer. Liz is a classic study in gormless good intention, zipping around town on her Honda 50 and taking everything and everyone at face value. Then, re-aquaint yourself with Travelling 'Country 'n Anguish" star Singing Bernie Walsh, who, after the success of her album, 'Friends In Hiaces", and her triumphant performance on The Late Late Show, is driven on an orgy of rampant self-promotion taking her from The Rose Of Tralee to the Gibbstown Drive-In Bingo, from the Traveller"s Friend in Castlebar to Knock, and on to the summer wedding fair scene. In a recession-busting clash of cultures, Bernie even ends up at that annual festival of tangerine-tanned Celtic Tiger excess, The Marbella Ball. Then there"s Ballsbridge teen Blogger Dalkey Dunphey Davenport, who streams live from her suite in Dublin"s hippest hotel. She"s the Peaches Geldof-obsessed mall rat with the orange perma-tan, the fluorescent smile, the three-inch false eyelashes and the thousand euro handbag. As in Katherine"s first pilot outing, the three-part series 'Working Girl"s, each character is shot against the backdrop of 'real life." The shows are mainly shot on location, in real situations and feature members of the general public who are provoked to interact with the characters as if they were real. 'Bobski The Builder" (Ch4, Thursday) - Every year, thousands of British homeowners call in the builders, trusting their most valuable asset to a stranger. For a long time, the trusty British builder seemed to have a monopoly on home improvements. But in the past five years, a new breed of builder has reached Britain, and indeed Ireland, from Eastern Europe - notably from Poland. This 'Cutting Edge" film follows two teams, one British, one Polish, as they each construct an extension on two suburban houses. How will they measure up? British builder Terry is the fourth generation of his family to work in the building trade. He firmly believes you get what you pay for: 'At the end of the day, it"s the quality and finished product that tells whether a tradesman"s done the job. That"s what people are paying for.' A former chocolate salesman in Poland, Jarek decided to become a builder after arriving in the UK. He thinks Polish builders offer more for the money: 'When you employ Polish builders, you always get more. We working hard. We always do our best. We put our heart to the job,' he says. Jarek and Terry begin approaching potential clients. While British builder Terry wins the first job he pitches for, Jarek has a harder time and believes that, for a Polish builder, a cheap quote is often the key to getting work. So which team turns out to be faster, cheaper and better? And would either family be willing to employ a British or Polish builder again? 'Body Parts For Sale" (Ch4, Friday) - An eye-opening, and horrifying, investigation into 'Muti Murder" in South Africa. While the country is modernising fast, this programme reveals how hundreds of people, including children, have been killed for body parts destined for the booming practice of traditional medicine, and talks to a 'healer" who claims he tortures and kills people for his trade. Reporter Ramita Navai and producer James Brabazon begin their journey in the Eastern Cape. Eighteen people have been brutally murdered in a nine-month period here and, with the victims" body parts removed, the deaths have been blamed on sangomas, traditional medicine healers. Nearly everyone the team speaks to knows someone who has been affected, and though the police have arrested 14 men, locals are convinced the masterminds are still at large. South Africa is the continent"s most developed state, but traditional medicine is still part of everyday life. Most of those the team talks to say they visit sangomas to treat illness or attract good fortune. One sangoma, who says he does not use human body parts, tells Navai he treats more than 100 patients a week, half of whom have HIV or AIDS. 'Livin" With Lucy" (RTE 2, Monday) - Lucy Kennedy returns with a brand new, four-part, series. The first series, broadcast earlier this year, saw Lucy going on holidays with lothario Calum Best, hanging out in Syndey with Bryan McFadden and spending family time with Jade Goody. In the first show of the second series, Lucy is invited by Shane Lynch into his boy"s zone. However, as Shane"s house is under renovation, the pair have no choice but to live together in a camper van beside his house. City girl Lucy is at home talking on her mobile but how will she cope living in a mobile home? Movie Of The Week: 'Eight Below" (RTE 1, Saturday) - After an Antarctic guide and his charge are rescued from a deadly storm by a team of eight sled dogs, they are forced to temporarily evacuate their base, leaving the dogs chained behind. The temporary evacuation becomes permanent through the winter season and the guide becomes fixated on returning to the dogs, not knowing if they are dead or alive. A great tale of man and his desire to return the loyalty of his best friends.