Business On Television

The movie business was once the stomping ground of cigar-chomping moguls, now it's sharp-suited executives

The movie business was once the stomping ground of cigar-chomping moguls, now it's sharp-suited executives. Omnibus- Dino De Laurentiis, The Last Move Mogul, (Saturday, 11.10 p.m. BBC2) traces the films, deals, money and rumoured Mafia links that have marked De Laurentis's rollercoaster career.

Financial Times columnist Lucy Kellaway talks to David McWilliams about corporate culture on Agenda (TV3 Sunday, noon). What's it like to work for big business and dressing down on Friday come under discussion.

Hard Cash - The Hole in the Wall Gang (Monday, 7.30 p.m., BBC1) investigates companies that claim to solve customers' debt problems. The programme shows that trusting the wrong company could land people in worse positions than when they started. The programme also explores why you are more likely to get divorced than change banks - the reason, not too surprisingly, is because the banks make it so difficult.

For those lucky enough to put a tentative foot on the property ladder, the question arises: which is better, second-hand or new? House Hunters (Thursday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1) points out the pitfalls of both, highlighting the showhouse tricks that make the houses look bigger and the smell of coffee that may mask dampness in an older house.