On The State of Europe - Euro-Money (Saturday, 9 a.m., RTE1) Eamonn Lawlor discusses the emergence of a single European currency with former EU president Lord Jenkins.
The Weldon family from north Co Dublin has developed a machine to harvest parsnips no matter what the weather, reports Ear To The Ground (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1).
Some people can set cash tills ringing with the mere mention of their names and Hard Cash - Fame For Sale (Monday, 7.30 p.m., BBC1) reports on how people climb aboard the gravy train with the help of publicists like Max Clifford.
The customers and victims of a huge growing criminal business - people smuggling - are the subjects on The Money Programme (Wednesday, 7.30 p.m., BBC2). Half a million people are being smuggled into Europe each year.
Jacqueline Gold is queen of the British sex industry and one of Britain's richest women. She is chief executive of the Ann Summers empire, owning 70 shops and employing 7,500 women who sell her products at Ann Summers parties. However, the company's factory in Portsmouth is not working to full capacity. Ms Gold agrees to go Back To The Floor (Wednesday, 10 p.m., BBC2) and swap the boardroom for stitching bras.
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