Britain is in confident mood and everyone is talking about new markets, new opportunities and making money. The year is 1720. Within six months of that spring the bubble had burst and the South Sea Company had crashed, taking investors with it as When Money Went Mad: The Story of the South Sea Bubble (Saturday, 7.00 p.m., Channel 4) recounts.
Money is merely a creation of our imagination argues this week's Road to Riches - The Love of Money (Sunday, 8.00 p.m., BBC2). On a remote island in the South Pacific, wealth is denominated in large stones up to four metres in diameter. But the person with the largest stone is not necessarily the richest. The most valuable stones are the hardest ones to transport by raft to the island. And who said big was beautiful?
Jack L is using the Internet to make music. Dot.what? (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1) looks at how he is marketing himself on his website. The programme also examines Government policy on technology and education.
Boss Women (Monday, 10.40 p.m., BBC1) is the first of three documentaries featuring women at the top. Editor of American Vogue, Anna Wintour is the first subject. She wrote "Vogue editor" on her careers form as a child - a woman who knows how to get what she wants.
Just how small can they make an economy-class airline seat? The average space per passenger in economy is just 32 inches according to Better by Design - Airline Seat (Tuesday, 8.30 p.m., Channel 4).
Award-winning designers Richard Seymour and Dick Powell get to grips with redesigning the airline seat and dealing with airlines' stinginess about space.
sokelly@irish-times.ie
