2012-09-09

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Sunday Night
9th September 2012 1 hour Season 2012 Episode 22

Nigella Lawson She’s the queen of cuisine who women adore and men lust after. Nigella Lawson is the sexy, chocolate-loving foodie who introduced the world to gastro-porn. A bestselling author and TV star, Nigella has no professional cooking training, but her passionate palate has brought her millions of fans and plenty of admirers. Married to a multi-millionaire and living in London’s poshest suburb, Nigella invites Sunday Night’s Ross Coulthart into her incredible kitchen for an intimate interview. Nigella opens up about men, sex appeal, body image, her love of Australia, that infamous burqini incident on Bondi Beach, plus she reveals her secret Vegemite pasta recipe. Accidental Killers Every three days, someone around Australia is killed on our railways. Trains are delayed, commuters get angry, and police and paramedics have the grisly job of cleaning up. But spare a thought for the train drivers who witness everything. They are the accidental killers and what they experience from the driver’s cab makes their job perhaps the most traumatic in the country. Until now, train drivers have never spoken out about what they face every day they clock on. Sunday Night’s Peter Fitzsimons meets the ordinary men who have tragically taken more lives than some of our worst serial killers. We also meet one lucky survivor who wandered onto train tracks while drunk, losing and arm and a leg. Jonathan now dedicates his life to teaching school children about the danger of risky behaviour near railway tracks. Mr Narcolepsy Sunday Night spends a day in the life of the man who sleeps up to 70 times a day – but never gets a good night’s sleep. Dee Doud is the biggest sleepyhead on the planet. He suffers from the rare conditions narcolepsy and cataplexy. He falls asleep at the drop of a hat – the slightest stress or excitement causes him instant paralysis. It doesn’t matter what Dee is doing, he can keel over and sleep for minutes or hours. Rahni Sadler experiences Dee’s extraordinary life as he crashes out while walking, talking, playing his guitar, ten pin bowling, washing the dishes or just sitting on a park bench.

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Season 2012 · Episode 23

2012-09-16

Burning Man Burning Man is a festival like no other. In the middle of the Nevada desert, an instant city is assembled, with 60,000 people attending. Money is banned in this experimental community. Everyone has to get involved – it’s called “radical participation” and the aim is to create Nirvana. New Sunday Night reporter PJ Madam joins the madness, and the many Aussies flocking to take part in what’s been described as Woodstock on steroids. Sir Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard is the Peter Pan of pop. He’s the Queen’s favourite rocker and has sold a staggering 250 million records over a career spanning an incredible six decades. Later this year he’s heading to Australia for another sell-out tour, but at present the music legend is sitting amongst the grapevines of his Portuguese vineyard, having his very own “Summer Holiday”. This week on Sunday Night, Sir Cliff invites Ross Coulthart into his beautiful home and teaches him a thing or two about winemaking. From poor beginnings, the lifelong bachelor shows no signs of slowing down in his seventies. With worldwide hits such as “Congratulations” and “Living Doll”, find out the truth behind the unforgettable songs. Surrogacy They’re like any other Australian babies – except these twins have three mothers. One who sold her eggs, another who rented her womb, and then there’s the Australian mum who paid to take them home with her husband, who donated his sperm. It’s one of the most complex routes to parenthood imaginable, but more and more Australian couples are using overseas surrogates to sidestep surrogacy laws here. In this Sunday Night report by Tim Noonan, you will meet Plugger, a Melbourne father who always wanted sons to follow in his football footsteps. Now after handing over $36,000, he and his wife Tammy are bringing their twin baby boys home for a very emotional reunion. But there is a dark underbelly – a new form of human trafficking. Desperate women in Thailand forced to carry babies against their will. In some states in Australia you can be jailed for bringing a surrogate child home, while in others it is perfectly legal. See this very personal story, and make up your own mind.

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