The Money Programme - Bitter Harvest (Sunday, 5.25 p.m., BBC2) looks at the income collapse of British farmers which has led to thousands of them leaving the land and consumers becoming suspicious of tainted food. However, the market for organic produce is growing rapidly and British shoppers seem prepared to pay a hefty price differential for the pleasure. Strangely, though, supermarkets are having difficulty sourcing supplies as farmers are reluctant to change their methods. The programme asks if farmers should be getting more assistance to convert to these alternative systems.
Organic farming also dominates in Ear to the Ground (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1) when it investigates if there is a large enough market for organic agricultural produce to make it worthwhile for farmers. It catches up with one Co Tipperary farmer who has converted to organic farming and as a result is getting 20 per cent more for his milk.
Also in the programme, some west Cork farmers are going dutch, and growing daffodils as a cash crop.
Economic planning is said to have arrived in the Republic in 1958 courtesy of the then Taoiseach, Sean Lemass, who famously said "a rising tide lifts all boats", so that is what's causing the dot.com flood. Seven Ages - the Story of the Irish State (Monday, 9.30 p.m., RTE1) interviews politicians and historians about the 1950s - the make or break decade. The programme website is www.rte.ie/tv/sevenages.
On Tuesday, British taxpayers will find out how they will fare this year when Gordon Brown presents his fourth budget, Bud- get 2000 (Tuesday, 2.50 p.m.6.00 p.m., BBC2).
While venture capitalists are knocking down doors to invest in loss-making techies, old-economy companies have to come to grips with reality - with a little help from Sir John Harvey Jones in Troubleshooter - Back in Business - The Trouble With Love (Thursday, 9.00 p.m., BBC2).
The Irish art market is thriving with price increases keeping up with the property boom. It's Your Money (Tuesday, 8.00 p.m., RTE1) looks at this development along with building log cabins in the Republic, micro breweries and an unhappy tale of a borrower's experience with a mortgage broker.
