A weekly programme which focuses on people and the situations which shape their lives.
Reporters: Angela Huth, Jeremy James, John Percival, Trevor Philpott, Desmond Wilcox

This week: If the Natives are Hungry They Can Always Pick a Banana...
But the idle comment of a hotel executive in the lush tourist section of Jamaica is hardly the answer to the problems facing the island. In the recent elections violence and gun-fire resulted in death. Poverty, bad housing, illiteracy, and unemployment face too many Jamaicans today. The tourist industry is booming. The hotels flourish, visitors are happy - and seldom see the slums or the difficulties. A hotel room can cost £500 a week - if you are one of the privileged. On the other hand you may have to feed a family of seven for £2 10s. 0d. a week - if you are one of the poor.