What"s on the box this week?

'Design For Life" (RTE 1, Monday) - A new four-part series that follows four couples as they set out to build their very own designs for life. Presented by Irish architect Garry Miley, and filmed over two-and-a-half years, the series matches these four ambitious plans to four top architects. The series was filmed over a remarkable period in Irish and world economic history. It began in the summer of 2006 when the Irish 'Celtic Tiger" economy was still roaring but, as the projects developed, the economy began first to slow down and then eventually dramatically collapsed. Undoubtedly a stressful time to be financing your own dream house-build. Whether it"s a new build on a stunning site or a complete overhaul of a house smack-bang in the middle of a heritage town, Garry picks the architect who he thinks will meet the challenge. The stories start with the site - the place the homebuilders have chosen for their new homes. The architect then takes the all-important brief, where he tries to understand what his new clients are hoping for from their dream house, and finds out how much they are each planning to spend. 'Trophy Kids" (CH4, Thursday) - Are sporting stars born or made? How do you raise a child champion? This week"s 'Cutting Edge" follows four parents doing whatever it takes to propel their talented young children to the top of the sporting world. Lee Spurling, known professionally as 'The Wolf", is 12 years-old. He has been playing golf since he was five. His devoted parents, Lavinia and Ian, believe that he is the next Tiger Woods. Both Lee"s parents spend all their time and energy helping their son become the best in the world. So confidant are they of Lee"s success that they have taken him out of school to maximise his golfing time. His mum teaches him at home instead. Now his only golf-free days are Christmas and birthdays. And so concerned are his parents that he might injure himself that outside play is restricted to golf alone. Eden Silva from Essex is one of the best 12-year-old tennis players in Britain and she is trying to make her mark at the World Under-12 Championships. But will her skills match up to the expectations of her father Roger, who is taking a huge gamble on his daughter"s talents and has given up his job and cashed in his savings? Leaving his wife and son at home for months at a time, Roger takes Eden around the world to seek out the best coaches, physiotherapists and even racket stringers - anyone that can give his daughter the edge. 'Primeval" (ITV, Saturday) - When an exhibition of ancient Egyptian relics comes to the British Museum, an anomaly opens in a mysterious monument called the Sun Cage. A creature emerges from it - a Pristichampsus, a kind of monstrous crocodile that can run on two legs. This creature, which comes from a past much more distant than the Egypt of the Pharaohs, somehow became worshipped as a god in that civilisation, and is now portrayed in the hieroglyphics on the Sun Cage. The murderous creature wreaks havoc in the museum before escaping into the city. Helped by Sarah Page (Laila Rouass), the smart and sexy archaeologist at the museum, Cutter (Douglas Henshall), Abby (Hannah Spearritt), Connor (Andrew-Lee Potts) and their new head of security, Captain Becker (Ben Mansfield), must track it down before it claims any more victims. A race against time ensues as the trio track the monster across central London, from the busy banks of the Thames to the Southbank and Royal Festival Hall. 'The Number One Ladies" Detective Agency" (BBC 1, Sunday) - Mrs Curtin, a wealthy African-American widow, has come to Botswana to find her son, Michael, as the series based on Alexander McCall-Smith"s internationally best-selling novels continues. Michael moved to Botswana to live in a commune on the edge of the Kalahari Desert, where he found his African heart. But one night, 10 years ago, he disappeared and hasn"t been seen since and no-one knows if he"s dead or alive. Mrs Curtin wants Mma Ramotswe to reopen the investigation into his disappearance - even though she suspects Michael is dead she must know the truth. Together, they head to the now-derelict commune looking for clues. 'All The Small Things" (BBC 1, Tuesday) - Sarah Lancashire, Neil Pearson, Sarah Alexander and Richard Fleeshman star in Debbie Horsfield"s new, uplifting, six-part musical drama series. The series begins as Michael and Esther Caddick celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary among friends from their beloved choir. But nothing can prepare them for the changes to their lives that are on the horizon. Movie Of The Week: 'The Last Samurai" (RTE 2, Thursday) - Set in the 1870s when Captain Nathan Algren, a veteran of the American Civil War, hires his services to a Chinese government which wants a band of traditional Samurai warriors wiped out. Tom Cruise stars in one of his most impressive roles.