In Correspondent, Saturday, (BBC 2, 7.30 p.m.), Fergal Keane, the BBC's special correspondent, reports from wartorn Sierra Leone where he explores how the hotel in Freetown manages to stay in business despite the violence.More on genetically-modified foods in Heart of the Matter: Feeding Frenzy (Sunday, BBC 1, midnight). Biologist Lewis Wolpert believes the new technology will help feed people and create employment in the Third World, while chef Antonio Carluccio argues that developing genetically-modified food means there is something seriously wrong with modern life. Joan Bakewell chairs the debate about the risks versus the rewards of GM food.

Given the current state of Britain's economy, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown has a difficult task with his third budget on Tuesday. The Money Programme on Sunday, (BBC 2, 7.30 p.m.) attempts to foresee what will emerge from Brown's budget bag.

A new series, Internal Affairs (Monday, BBC 2, 7 p.m.) on organisations that police themselves, starts with the music industry's anti-piracy unit. Global sales of pre-recorded music were valued at $38.1 billion (€35 billion) in 1997, with profits from music piracy increasing proportionately. The Singing Detectives looks at the industry's fight against the unwanted attentions of illegal counterfeiting operators in Britain and elsewhere.

Ear to the Ground (Tuesday, RTE 1, 8.30 p.m.) includes a report by Mairead McGuinness on farming in Africa - the first of two. [SBX]

Your Money or Your Life, the personal finance programme, (Tuesday, BBC 2, 8.30 p.m.) helps a family from Essex with a monthly income of almost £4,000, but debts of £25,000.

David Dimbleby covers Gordon Brown's plans for Britain's economy in Budget 99, a three-hour live broadcast on BBC 2, Tuesday, 3 p.m. The programme also includes post-budget reaction in City dealing rooms.

At its peak, Cabouchon had a turnover of £140 million sterling (€206 million) a year. The costume jewellery firm operated with a network of 250,000 distributors and was Britain's most successful direct-selling company. Then last year the company went bust owing £7 million. Trouble at the Top (Wednesday, BBC 2, 9.50 p.m.) follows Petra Doring, the woman behind Cabouchon, as she struggles to rebuild her empire.