1Family Robinson Should Cliff Robinson be paid for unstinting commitment to his two severely disabled kids? Forty years ago Cliff gave up his job and his beer to be solo Dad to Marita and Johnnie. He gave them a home, a lifestyle and bundles of love. He could have placed them in an institution but he didn't. Cliff has probably saved the state hundreds of thousands of dollars but he doesn't begrudge that because he loves his kids and wants to be a dad. However, he would appreciate a little bit of help, some financial recognition of his efforts. Does he deserve it?
2Dying for a Biscuit If by buying a biscuit you might be contributing to the extinction of the orang-utan and fuelling global warming, would you still treat yourself? Around the world palm oil is an ingredient found in biscuits, chocolate bars, fish fingers, cosmetics and toiletries. Our story takes us to Borneo where palm oil companies are illegally clear felling huge tracts of jungle and developing plantations on protected land. As the forest disappears at the rate of two football pitches every minute, so too does the habitat of man's closest cousin, the critically endangered orang-utan.
3Boy A home grown comedy about child neglect by New Zealand film director of the moment, Taika Waititi. It's just premiered at Sundance and won best feature at the Berlin Film Festival. But the audience Waititi most wants to impress doesn't live anywhere near a movie theatre. Sunday follows director Waititi as he takes the film to his remote home town on the East Cape where he cast and shot the movie. We meet James, the young lead who had never acted before, and we share a secret about a huge development in Waititi's career.