Blue-chip indices have been falling rapidly while technology stocks soar. The Money Programme: Blue Chip Blues (Sunday, 5.30 p.m., BBC2) asks if the old economy is being destroyed by an irrational enthusiasm for the new.
A home-cooked meal with the family gathered harmoniously around the table is fast becoming a memory of how things used to be and the food industry has capitalised on this with the production of ready meals. Ear to the Ground: Food for Thought (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1) looks at research into new tastes to tempt the palate.
As the architects and engineers gather at the Spencer Dock Development planning hearing, the people of Dublin's north dockside express their opinions on the development in Leargas (Tuesday, 7.30 p.m., RTE1).
It's Your Money (Tuesday, 8.00 p.m., RTE1) examines computer-purchasing packages and who is providing the best support service - vital to technology novices - to the consumer.
"What a ghastly monument to management inefficiency" is how Sir John Harvey-Jones describes British manufacturing history in Troubleshooter - Back in Business (Thursday, 9.00 p.m., BBC2). Sir John gives a couple of current manufacturing companies a lecture about sales and marketing.
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