Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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They said my baby died; 42 years later he emailed me
Diane Sheehan was 63 when she finally met the son she thought had died at birth
21 Oct 2026,40 mins
Why didn't they tell me I was black? Part 2
Lacey discovers her parents' true identity, and her own
20 Oct 2026,40 mins
Why didn't they tell me I was black? Part 1
Lacey's white Texan family hid the truth about her background
19 Oct 2026,40 mins
Outlook mixtape: The road trip
Personal stories on two-wheels, four-wheels and a horse-drawn wagon
16 Oct 2026,40 mins
Playing my sitar for strangers brought me back to myself
Broken by grief, Rishab Sharma started playing his sitar online - and became a phenomenon
15 Oct 2026,40 mins
Dad loved dogs, cricket, opioids – and me
Grace Harper Brighouse filmed her dad to confront his addiction to prescription drugs
14 Oct 2026,40 mins
The exorcism changed him, but not how the preacher intended
Growing up gay in Jamaica, novelist Marlon James fought against his sexuality
13 Oct 2026,40 mins
Love under fire: our long-distance relationship in a warzone
Janay was a journalist in London who began falling for cameraman Habak in war-torn Syria
12 Oct 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: For the record
Three stories about songs that changed the course of people’s lives
09 Oct 2026,40 mins
‘I couldn’t watch him die’: how saving a diver changed me
Mike Prickett was injured saving a diver’s life but now films the world’s biggest waves
08 Oct 2026,40 mins
My unwelcome birthday surprise became a cult classic
Sibylle Baier’s son threw her a 60th birthday party that would change her life
07 Oct 2026,40 mins
‘The man with a thousand faces’ – the life of Samuel Fosso
How the celebrated photographer built a career posing as himself and as history’s greats
06 Oct 2026,40 mins
Playing Hamlet in the face of death
Dying with AIDS, in 1989 actor Ian Charleson gave the performance of his life
05 Oct 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Heart of Glass
Personal stories told through the complex and fragile lens of one material: glass
02 Oct 2026,40 mins
Nigeria's forgotten king of boogie and his 30-year comeback
Singer Steve Monite disappeared for decades, only to discover he'd become a music icon
01 Oct 2026,40 mins
The Nigerian film-maker who took on Disney and made history
Tolu Olowofoyeku wanted better access for Africa’s creators to the animation industry
30 Sep 2026,40 mins
Why I had to speak up for Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls
Like them Aisha Yesefu was once poor and voiceless, she took their abduction personally
29 Sep 2026,40 mins
Funkee drummer: I discovered my Dad was an Afro Rock star
Didi's dad Chyke Madu is a Nigerian musician who pioneered a new genre of music
28 Sep 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Handcrafted Tales
People who built what they needed in life with the tools they had around them
25 Sep 2026,40 mins
I've lost friends to volcanoes, but I still love them
When his supervisor fell into a lava flow on a visit to Kilauea, Hawaii, Dario saved him
24 Sep 2026,40 mins
Playing in front of people felt 'like an impenetrable wall'
An epic motorbike journey helped Steven Sherrill to come to terms with his musicianship
23 Sep 2026,40 mins
How snow leopards let me into their secret world
Kullu Suryawanshi has spent 20 years seeking out one of the world’s most elusive big cats
22 Sep 2026,40 mins
The Jonestown massacre – a sister’s story
Rebecca Moore didn’t join her sisters’ cult. Years later, she uncovered what happened
21 Sep 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Race against the clock
Reminders of the unstoppable nature of time on the rhythm of life
18 Sep 2026,40 mins
The love that moved mountains
Puerto Ricans Alexis and Tinti were partners in love and environmental activism
17 Sep 2026,40 mins
'For us land is everything, it is life'
How Theonila Matbob took on a mining giant that contaminated her land on Bougainville
16 Sep 2026,40 mins
From prison to the kitchen: How cooking gave me a second chance
Natty was a talented young chef who had to choose between crime or the kitchen
15 Sep 2026,40 mins
Miss Pat: The Chinese-Jamaican matriarch of reggae
Patricia Chin created a musical empire that started in a Kingston grocery store
14 Sep 2026,40 mins
The Outlook Mixtape: The trumpet takes the lead
Three people united by a foundational member of the jazz family: the trumpet
11 Sep 2026,40 mins
I was ashamed of my stammer, until I met Scatman John
Gina Waggott’s favourite popstar told her to love herself, and her voice
10 Sep 2026,40 mins