Not being a TV-type, I'm happy to have missed-out on this series.
One series I can wholeheartely recommend, however, is the *radio* "50 things that made the modern economy" podcasts by Tim Harford.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04...odes/downloads
and the subsequent "fifty more things"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/pr...50-more-things
series.
Each of the 50-things is covered in 15 minutes, and all provide a wonderful insight into practical consumer economics.