Dan Cruickshank in this episode of The History Zone: One Foot in the Past (BBC2, Saturday, 7.45 p.m. argues that Cromwell left a unique architectural legacy.
The Internet is coming to a television screen near you. In an attempt to bring viewers and businesses up to speed, BBC2 in co-operation with 5,000 organisations in Britain, launches a six-week familiarisation campaign on Monday.
The WebWise campaign will be supported by programmes on television and radio and a special site (www.bbc.co.uk/webwise). And just to prove how easy-to-use the World Wide Web is, Internet novice Kate Humble (webwisetravel@bbc.co.uk) puts her trust in it and travels around Europe with her laptop, mobile phone and friendly e-mails to guide her. WebWise (BBC 2, Monday, 7.30 p.m.) charts her progress.
The Shannon is more than just a pretty river says Gordon Brett in The Last Resource (RTE 1, Tuesday, 8.30 p.m.). It has the potential to become an important corridor of economic development and "to have a vital role to play in maintaining places like Athlone".
If the bottom line made an industrialist sweat 50 years ago it was still no excuse to remove his jacket. Ready to Wear: Suit You, Sir (BBC2, Tuesday, 9.00 p.m.), looks at how clothes defined people from the rigid 1950s to the designer 1990s.
An educational programme, Great Minds of Business (Network 2, Wednesday, 11.00 a.m.), explores the philosophy and insights of some of the business world's greatest thinkers and doers.
Tomorrow's World WebWise Special (BBC1, Wednesday, 7.30 p.m.) a groundbreaking interactive event with the public.
Now that property developers put purchasers under pressure to borrow to the limit, it is tempting to think of putting the cash into a house of one's own design instead of into the usual suburban sprawl.
In a new eight-part series, presenter Kevin McCloud in Grand Designs (Channel 4, Thursday, 8 p.m.), looks at the pitfalls along the way and shows how to turn your plans into bricks and mortar.
It's still true: money can't buy you love, but that doesn't stop The Matchmaker (BBC1, Friday, 9.35 p.m.) from organising a black-tie party on a yacht in an attempt to help find mates for millionaires.
Rulers should adopt a crafty self-interest to survive the rigours of government - so nothing much has changed then since Machiavelli expounded this philosophy back in the 16th Century. Walden on Villains: Machiavelli (BBC2, Friday, 7.30 p.m.) explores the Italian diplomat's life.
