Saturday's Correspondent, BBC 2, 7.15 p.m. focuses on the small Russian town of Yaroslavl, 200 miles north-east of Moscow, where the national crisis has hit hard. Most people have not received wages or pensions for months and there is a blockade on all farm and factory goods leaving the province.
On Sunday, Olivia O'Leary continues to ponder the impact of the euro with panellists Alan Dukes, TD; Senator Shane Ross; Dr Bridget Laffan, UCD; John Gormley, TD; and Colm Larkin, European Commission, in her series Living With The Euro, RTE 1, 11 p.m. Over on Network 2, at 10.35 p.m. George Lee delves into his Money Box to expose tax evasion as two former employees of financial institutions make it clear that what went on in AIB and NIB was also happening elsewhere. ead McGuinness reports from Brussels on the difficult task facing the Minister for Agriculture, Joe Walsh, as he negotiates the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy which will have long-term consequences for the Republic.
The series in which top company bosses return to the shop floor continues on Tuesday on BBC 2, at 9 p.m. This week's Back to the Floor guinea pig is multimillionaire house builder Tony Pidgley who returns to the building site after 20 years behind a desk. It's tough work. Suppliers let him down, the customer service department for his super-rich clients is abysmal and worst of all there is no hot water in the site washroom.
Wrappers, BBC 2, 10.20 p.m., (Tuesday) is the first in a six-part series taking a nostalgic look back at some of Britain's most popular branded products. The World Bank, one of the most powerful financial institutions, is featured in The Bank, The President and the Pearl of Africa, (Tuesday, Channel 4, midnight). The first of two documentaries looks at the bank in action, filming what goes on behind the scenes and how decisions taken in Washington affect the lives of people in Uganda (the Pearl of Africa), where the charismatic Yoweri Museveni is president.
Thursday's Personal Services looks at Other People's Babies and those who take care of them. For a mere £500 a week, plus VAT, new mothers in Britain can book a maternity nurse through an agency called "Maternally Yours". The nurse moves in with newborn baby and mother and takes over, 24 hours a day, six days a week, sleeping with baby in the nursery.
