Business On Television

Why do we pay so much for our caffeine fix? asks Agenda (Sunday, noon, TV3 - repeated at 11.30 p.m.).

Why do we pay so much for our caffeine fix? asks Agenda (Sunday, noon, TV3 - repeated at 11.30 p.m.).

Also on the programme special guest Mr Andrew Goodman, Nato's chief political adviser, talks about Vladimir Putin . . . and where Europe's next war is likely to be.

Women's financial position has altered radically since their number in the workforce increased. However, in farming it seems little has changed, reports Ear To The Ground (Monday, 8.30 p.m., RTE1). Most farming conferences are all-male gatherings and farm organisations are dominated by men. The programme reports on why women remain the hidden workforce and powerhouse of the industry.

The greatest success story in Donegal has been the town of Killybegs, which in the last decade-and-a-half has produced a shoal of mackerel millionaires, incredible prosperity and a huge makeover for a once run-down town. Killybegs now supports thousands of jobs. Many say its secret weapon was the fishermen's campaigner Joey Murrin, and Out Of The Blue (Wednesday, 7.30 p.m., RTE1) investigates how he went about it.

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Michael Lang was the creator of one of the great markers of the 1960s - Woodstock - the three-day, open-air rock concert to which hundreds of thousands of people travelled. In 1999, Mr Lang decided it was time to repeat the performance, but as Blood On The Carpet (Tuesday, 9.50 p.m., BBC2) reports, this time he was up against big Italian business and it all went horribly wrong.

The Money Programme (Wednesday, 7.30 p.m., BBC2) investigates tobacco smuggling - now a huge criminal business. This report reveals how Britain has become one of the world's leading markets, and up to a third of all cigarettes smoked there may be contraband.

sokelly@irish-times.ie