What"s on the box this week?

'The Millionare And The Murder Mansion" (CH4, Thursday) - Last summer, as the August bank holiday drew to a close, a devastating fire raged at the Shropshire mansion of self-made millionaire Christopher Foster. As the flames engulfed Osbaston House, mystery surrounded the disappearance of Christopher, his wife Jill and 15-year-old daughter Kirstie. What started out as a fire became a double-murder, suicide and arson investigation which would shock Britain. As vital evidence went up in smoke before their eyes, the police were faced with a plethora of conspiracy theories and a frenzy of press speculation. Conjecture ranged from a staged disappearance or kidnapping to a Russian mafia hit or the self-annihilation of a once successful businessman faced with bankruptcy and social disgrace. The film charts the progress of the police investigation from the first sifting of the smouldering ruins and discovery of the slaughtered family pets to the reconstruction of the remains of the victims, to establish how they died. The film features the haunting CCTV footage of Christopher Foster calmly carrying the gun moments before he killed the pets and exclusive home video footage of Kirstie riding her pony and the Fosters" wedding day. The police also reveal the birthday cards on the mantelpiece that survived the fire and photographs from the singed albums that Christopher Foster had been leafing through, at the kitchen table, before murdering his family. 'Lifegivers" (BBC 1, Monday to Friday, each night) - Last year, more than 3,000 lives were saved or improved by organ transplant operations. These and countless others were made possible by blood donations. But, sadly, more than 500 people died while waiting for a life-saving transplant operation and more than 7,000 people are still on the waiting list. 'Lifegivers" takes a look at the life-saving world of organ and blood donation. Featuring a mix of live studio guests and powerful personal stories from across the UK, the programme explains the facts, dispels the myths and raises awareness of the issues surrounding organ and blood donation. The opening episode features the moving story of Jennifer Foster, who became Scotland"s first living liver donor when she donated two-thirds of her liver to save her dying husband, Daniel. As the week continues, 'Lifegivers" features the first woman to have four separate transplants - a new heart, lung, liver and kidney - and a young man who had 90 operations and four kidney transplants before his sixth birthday. Celebrity guests who have themselves benefited from donor organs include actor David Harewood, comedian Eddie Large, sports presenter Gaby Logan and former Olympic athlete Colin Jackson, who talk about their own experiences and work in the field of organ and blood donation. Haiti: The Island That Ate Itself (CH4, Friday) - Haiti hit the headlines last year when it was hit by yet another hurricane. This week"s 'Unreported World" returns to the island to find that it"s still in a state of emergency. Locked in a vicious cycle of environmental disaster, hunger, poverty and reliance on international aid, it"s perhaps the most extreme example of what is happening to many of the world"s poorest countries. In one story that sums up Haiti"s misery, the viewer meets Irene, a young mother. She is chopping down trees to make charcoal to sell even though they are the only thing protecting the soil on her smallholding from being eroded by wind and floods. Irene explains that one of her children recently died of starvation, while she is so poor she was forced to give away two others to relatives who could better care for them. On many days, Irene and her remaining six children go without food. Many Haitians accuse the relief agencies of not assisting them to move on from crisis relief to development efforts to end poverty. But efforts to end poverty in Haiti, which once fed itself, are in reverse instead of progressing. 'My Life As An Animall" (BBC 3, Tuesday) - Eight intrepid volunteers take part in an innovative and bold experiment in this new series. To try and learn more about animals, they sleep, eat and endeavour to communicate with horses, dogs, pigs, penguins and seals. By getting back to basics, the experiment also hopes to help the participants learn something about their own lives as well as the animals. The volunteers closely observe the animals, using this to carefully inform their own behaviour. Among other animal activities, they try to gain a place within the strict hierarchy of the thoroughbred stallions, win the trust of a pack of foxhounds and learn more about pigs and their piglets. In today"s opener, entrepreneur and actor Richard Da Costa and BBC Radio 5 Live"s travel and news reporter, Lynsey Horn, take part in a unique television experience as they volunteer to live their lives as pigs for four days. Leaving their homes and luxuries behind, Richard and Lynsey immerse themselves in the pigs" environment by sleeping with them, eating their food and even learning to speak like the animals. By the end of the programme, the real-life Dr Dolittles - and viewers - will have learned first-hand about a pig"s life today. Movie Of The Week: 'Hitch" (RTE 1, Friday) - As offerings go on Good Friday night, this comedy where Will Smith tries to make a Romeo out of pudgy Kevin James does have its share of laughs. A good combination with James well able to hold his own, this one might just make you forget the fast and abstinence and the closed pubs today.