What"s on the box this week?

'Lockdown" (RTE 2, Sunday) - 'Lockdown" plunges head-first into the gritty world of America"s most dangerous prisons. It"s an unprecedented immersion into life behind bars; up-close and personal with some of the most hardened criminals in the world. Minnesota"s Oak Park Heights is part of a new breed of prison called Supermax, and it"s reserved for only the worst-behaved, most dangerous criminals, many of whom are kept on semi-permanent lockdown. But Oak Park Heights has a plan that allows many of these deadly criminals to leave their cells during the day - if they behave. But how will convicted murderers, rapists and arsonists respond to this sliver of freedom? 'Neven"s Food In The Sun" (RTE 1, Wednesday) - A new 13-part series from the talented Cavan chef shot on location in Mallorca and Neven"s own kitchen in Cavan, this is a series that will hopefully telegraph sunnier days ahead. Inspired by the authentic tastes and new flavours experienced when on holiday, Maguire shows how to recreate a range of wonderful recipes and bring a little sunshine into Irish kitchens. In each programme he focuses on a particular ingredient or type of ingredients and talks through various recipes from different countries. From fish, lamb, fruit, olive oil and vegetables to tapas, mezes and desserts, each programme and each recipe is introduced from a location which is relevant to the food being cooked. In programme one, Maguire looks at shellfish introducing the programme from the port of Soller on Mallorca"s north-west coast. On the menu are oven-roasted Dublin Bay prawns, scallops with date jam and curried cauliflower puree, hake with clams, fennel and cherry tomatoes. 'The Great Salmon Run" (BBC 1, Wednesday) - The return of 500 million Pacific salmon every year to the rivers where they were born - to spawn and die - is one of the greatest natural events on the planet. Nature"s Great Events travels to the west coast of Canada and Alaska to capture their return, along with the predators - such as grizzly bears, killer whales, wolves and bald eagles - which are eagerly awaiting them. The emergence of a mother grizzly and her cubs from their dens high in snowy Alaskan mountains is captured for the first time on TV. Filming from the air, the team is able to follow the bears as they negotiate a near-vertical slope on their journey to the coast, where they await the return of the salmon. Meanwhile, the salmon are making their way to the river mouth where they must swim upstream, sometimes for thousands of miles against the current. Using high-speed cameras and a state-of-the-art digital underwater kit, the programme records how the salmon tackle these powerful torrents. Filming at 100 times normal speed, the programme also reveals how they leap over waterfalls - the equivalent of a human being jumping over a house. 'The World"s Strongest Child & Me" (Channel 4, Wednesday) - Broadcaster Mark Dolan comes face to face with human extremes once more as he goes in search of some of the world"s most incredible individuals. But finding these peple is just the start of his mission. His real journey in this series is to discover how and why some people can become extraordinary, even if they"re not always born that way to begin with. In 2000, eight-year-old Richard Sandrak shocked the world with his incredible bodybuilder physique. Trained up by his fitness fanatic dad from the age of three, he was unofficially recognised as the strongest child in the world. Since then, he has disappeared from the public eye. As well as finding Richard, Dolan wants to track down the next generation of super-strong children vying to succeed him, and get to the bottom of the motivations of the parents who sometimes defy medical advice to train up their kids from such a young age. His journey begins in America, where he"s heard of a controversial child weightlifting scene, nicknamed 'Pee Wee Powerlifting", which features kids as young as six. He attends the Raw Powerlifting contest and meets seven-year-old Aaron Ellis, who can lift almost twice his own body weight and holds several powerlifting world records. 'Spirit Level" (RTE 1, Friday) - Joe Duffy presents the first in a monthly magazine series, exploring the Christian life of today"s Ireland through a mixture of discussions, interviews, features and music. Sunday morning Church worship is an expression of the Christian faith of Ireland, but it"s only one aspect. Religion in Ireland can also mean passionate religious or ethical arguments that are as likely to take place around kitchen and pub tables as in churches. It can mean powerful stories of living faith - faith challenged, faith discovered or faith affirmed through experience. And it can mean a vast array of activities that take place outside the church doors: grass-roots social projects and neighbourly acts, local traditions, rites of passage, history and heritage, music and arts, pilgrimages and prayers. Together these elements make up a much more complete mosaic picture of religion in today"s Ireland, and for those who are tiring of 'The X Factor", Joe will be grappling with the 'Why Facto"r? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why go to Church? Why should anyone forgive? Movie Of The Week: 'Finding Neverland" (RTE 2, Thursday) - Set in London in 1903, this is the story of the life of JM Barrie in the year he writes 'Peter Pan". After one of his plays flops, Barrie meets four boys and their widowed mother in the park. During the next months, the child-like Barrie plays with the boys daily, and their imaginative games give him ideas for a play. Johnny Depp is perfect in the title role, with Kate Winslett and Julie Christie excellent in the co-starring roles.