Why Did Dad Choose To Die? (C4); Extraordinary People: The Boy With A New Head (five): 'THIS is where daddy killed himself.

We marked out the place with stones so we could put something here to remember him," explained 11-year-old Sebastian. He and ten-year-old brother Freddie were visiting the seat erected in memory of his father Tim, who shot himself after suffering depression and paranoia following being made redundant by the Army.

The last in Jane Treays' A Child's Life documentaries investigated how children cope with the suicide of a parent. It was heartrending stuff centred around an organisation, Winston's Wish, that counsels bereaved families.

There was a feeling that having cameras present was part of the therapy, especially when Tina Price read out her husband's secret suicide note to daughters Deanna, 15, and Taylor, 14.

This was a family that hadn't talked about the death of 25-year-old Mark in the ten years since he'd killed himself with an overdose. Their father was a blank in their lives, all they knew about him was the way he died.

Phil Pearson hanged himself. His father had committed suicide too, causing 14-year-old son Alex to say he hoped it didn't run in the family. He was particularly affected because he felt guilty as he'd had an argument with his father, begging him to stop his drinking, on the day he killed himself.

By the end, there was a feeling that all three families were getting to grips with the grieving process and coming to terms with the loss of a parent.

The latest Extraordinary People documentary also left us with a feeling of hope as 13-year-old Petero returned to his remote village in Uganda after seven months of surgery in the US.

An extremely rare disorder, which affects one in 10,000 newborns, caused his skull to be forced into a cone shape, squashing his brain and destroying his sight.

There was no doubting the seriousness of the surgery from the description that "his head will be sawn apart and totally rebuilt in a series of difficult and dangerous operations".

It wasn't just a matter of saving his life but improving its quality. His cone-shaped head and bulging eyes made him feared and tormented by other children. They threw stones at him and treated him like an animal.

The change in his personality after the operations was plain to see. He was happier, with new-found confidence. Living in the US while undergoing the surgery also made him determined to return there to live when he was older.