It sounds like an Irish joke, but it is serious stuff as Aer Lingus supervisor Siobhan Feeney goes in search of a missing bagpipe player in tomorrow's episode of the Heathrow-based docusoap Airport, (BBC 1, 8.55 p.m.). The bagpipe player is supposed to help christen the newest addition to the airline's fleet - and yes she does finally locate the performer. Meanwhile, the pressmen wait for Tony Blair to open the new Heathrow Express - now in operation and a boon to busy travellers, but expensive.
The Money Programme, Sunday, BBC 2, 7.30 p.m. includes a report on the increase in dole queues in Britain and asks whether anything can be done to stop the growth in unemployment there.
The WebStory.com is the first of a three-part Open University series about the success of the World Wide Web, Monday, BBC 2, 7.30 p.m. Its very success poses problems for English inventor Tim Berners Lee, who is having difficulties keeping control of the system he invented.
On Tuesday, BBC 2, 9 p.m., Timewatch puts British and US bankers in the hot seat with accusations that some banks continued to do business with the Nazis during the second World War. Banking with Hitler uncovers some nasty goings on - including employers who volunteered the names of their Jewish employees to the German authorities and British and US high-street banks in occupied Europe who froze the assets of Jews.
Reporter Mairead de Buitleir examines the situation of small farmers, 20,000 of whom have left the land in the past five years, in Leargas, Tuesday, RTE 1, 7.30 p.m.
Ear to the Ground, Tuesday, 8.30 p.m., includes a report on farming families on the breadline.
Tech TV, Tuesday, RTE 1, 10 p.m., features some high-tech wonders, including digital cameras which offer a workable alternative to traditional 35 mm models for professional and amateur photographers. There's no film and there are no developing fees. It is also becoming less expensive to scan photos into a PC. Digital Versatile Disc players - being promoted by consumer electronics firms as the 21st-century successor to the VCR - are dropping in price, so is it time to invest in one? Tech TV reports.
