Business On Television

One-in-three French farms is owned on a partnership basis. In Ear to the Ground (Monday, RTE1, 8.30 p.m.9 p.m

One-in-three French farms is owned on a partnership basis. In Ear to the Ground (Monday, RTE1, 8.30 p.m.9 p.m.), Ronan Clarke meets Stephen Daly from Ireland, now farming in France where he is part of a five-member partnership.

Hard Cash - Money for Nothing returns with a new series (Monday, BBC1, 7.30 p.m.8 p.m.) offering advice on how to stay out of the red. From get rich quick schemes claiming to show how to make money with little effort to free prize draws, the programme investigates schemes that offer money for nothing.

Experts tell us that longer working hours, increased job insecurity and new technologies are making us more stressed than ever, but are we really as stressed as we think? The Joy of Stress (Monday, Channel 4, 8 p.m.8.30 p.m.) takes an irreverent look at the whole area.

Spiralling oil prices and petrol shortages have been alarming the West in recent months, but things could be worse. The Money Programme - The Last Oil Shock (Wednesday, BBC2, 7.30 p.m.8 p.m.) reports on the growing body of experts who believe the world is heading for its final oil shock.