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Former Daily Mirror writer Anil Bhoyrul, sacked for insider trading, gives his side of the story on Network East (Saturday, 9…

Former Daily Mirror writer Anil Bhoyrul, sacked for insider trading, gives his side of the story on Network East (Saturday, 9 a.m., BBC2).

Other People's Money (Saturday, 9.20 p.m., Network 2), an tale of corporate raiders, stars Danny deVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller.

Agenda: Politics and Money This Week returns on Sunday (TV3, noon). Bernard Connolly, author of The Rotten Heart of Europe, tells presenter David McWilliams why European enlargement spells disaster for Ireland. Guest presenters of this series include Jane Suiter, economics correspondent of The Irish Times, and Ted Harding, deputy editor of the Sunday Business Post. [SBX]

In Kanturk, Co Cork, Ear to the Ground (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE 1) visits a farm that produces the prize-winning Ardrahan Cheese, which is being exported to Europe, the US and Japan.

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Consumers increasingly demand ethical business practice from manufacturers, and Gap and Nike market themselves as companies with strict codes of practice. However, this week Panorama - Gap & Nike: No Sweat? (Sunday, BBC1, 10.15 p.m.) promises to expose the reality of 12-year-olds working seven days a week in Cambodia.

sokelly@irish-times.ie