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The life of the late James Goldsmith provides the focus for the third film in the award-winning documentary series, The Mayfair…

The life of the late James Goldsmith provides the focus for the third film in the award-winning documentary series, The Mayfair Set (Sunday, 8 p.m., BBC 2).

Goldsmith made his money tearing apart some of the biggest corporations in the US and came to believe he was one of the most powerful men in the world. This proved to be an illusion.

Deals on Wheels returns for a third series (Tuesday, 8.30 p.m., Channel 4). Presenters Mike Brewer and Richard Sutton have plenty of advice on what to look out for when buying a second-hand car.

This week's programme sees Emily Herbert part with her beloved Beetle because the cost of running it is too much to bear.

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Streetwise (Wednesday, 7 p.m., RTE 1) examines the property market and talks to people who are jointly endeavouring to buy a house.

Also, three shoppers abandon their usual supermarket and take their custom to a new one in search of a better deal.

City Stories, a series about the institutions and people who operate in London's financial district, continues on Thursday at 11.05 p.m. on Channel 4.

Deutsche Bank analyst Nick Tye is disheartened at the proposed merger between Deutsche Bank and the US-owned Bankers' Trust and decides to take his final bonus and invest it in a lap-dancing club in Soho.

Trader Jamie Ellis is also unhappy. His problem is the phasing out of floor trading at the London Financial Futures Exchange which threatens his lucrative job.