The way Charles and Maurice Saatchi ran their empire was no advertisement for good management. In its heyday Saatchi & Saatchi gobbled up rivals at the rate of one a week, but success went to the brothers' heads and a an international expansion spree ended up with huge over-expansion. In the end the only way the company they founded could be saved was by them bowing out. The Real Saatchis - Masters of Illusion (Saturday, 7.30 p.m., Channel 4) charts their rise and fall.
Back when a million-pound note was a lot of money, Hollywood made a film about the consequences of giving it to a pauper with the instructions not to spend it. The Million Pound Note (Sunday, 3.00 p.m., Channel 4) stars Gregory Peck as the moral human experiment so beloved of the movie industry.
In Big Ideas (Sunday, 7.30 p.m., BBC2) the first programme of an eight-part series Newsnight Economics Editor, Evan Davies, explores the challenges confronting policymakers in the early years of the 21st century. Anthropologist, Ted Polhemus, argues that shopping and style will form the basis of a whole new social structure.
Ken Whitaker, former governor of the Central Bank and Chancellor of the National University of Ireland is interviewed by John Bowman on Witness (Sunday, 10.35 p.m., RTE 1). Mr Whitaker was born in Rostrevor, Co Down, 1in 1916, he joined the Civil Service from school, rising to become Secretary of the Department of Finance, where he is credited with bringing in major policy changes.
Fod an Duchais (Tuesday, 7.00 p.m., TnaG) was recorded in 1984 and examines the establishment of Oglaigh na hEireann which was set up in 1932 two years after Eamon de Valera came into power. This army was established partly to distract young people from their interest in the IRA on one side and the Blue Shirts on the other.
Wood and waste - hot tips for our future energy needs is the subtitle of Engine Earth (Wednesday, 8.30 p.m., RTE 1). Burning wood is growing in interest because it is a renewable resource and does not contribute to the increase in global CO2 levels.
Value For Money, a new series, (Friday, 7.00 p.m., BBC1) combines the expertise of Watchdog's investigative team with the human stories. Items include the truth about Wal-mart and the programme investigates whether supermarket reward cards make people spend more money than they save.
