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Outlook Episodes

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    Why a British band toured war-torn Ukraine, twice

    Hardwicke Circus skirted curfews and air-raid sirens to rock out with Ukrainians

  2. I learnt to fly a spaceship in just nine weeks

    Astronaut Edward Lu's journey from flight engineer to asteroid hunter

  3. The rediscovered tapes of an electronic music pioneer

    Beverly Glenn-Copeland found fame in his 70s after his long-lost record became a cult hit

  4. Secret letters from a Venetian palazzo

    Writer Andrea di Robilant on coded letters that shaped his family’s fortunes

  5. Outlook Mixtape: Heavy Metal

    Extraordinary stories about people who dig metal - in all its forms

  6. Hercules: The grizzly bear who became family

    Maggie Robin raised a bear cub who grew into an extraordinary companion

  7. Music was my salvation: the homeless man and the piano

    Francois was homeless when he learned to play a train station piano from scratch

  8. Sects, lies and videotape: a Syrian story, part 2

    Accused of spying in rebel-held Syria, Loubna Mrie faces peril and a shattering loss

  9. Sects, lies and videotape: A Syrian story, part 1

    Loubna Mrie secretly filmed Syria’s uprising, despite her family’s loyalty to the regime

  10. Outlook Mixtape: Daredevils

    People who live on the edge and wouldn't have it any other way

  11. Why I still love sharks even after one nearly killed me

    Mauricio Hoyos was under water tagging sharks when one of them turned on him

  12. The couple who foiled New Zealand's biggest drugs plot

    An ordinary couple foiled the country's biggest drugs deal, all by doing a good deed

  13. Kangaroo Dundee: I gave it all up to become a 'kangaroo mum'

    Chris "Brolga" Barns fell in love with joeys and built an orphan kangaroo sanctuary

  14. From teenage grief to comedy - and a love letter to Mum

    When Ollie Maddigan's mum died, he blamed himself - until he started to write about it

  15. Outlook Mixtape: A day at the office

    Stories of the highs, lows and weird quirks of the workplace everyone loves to hate

  16. Forget Cool Runnings: Inside the real Jamaican bobsled team

    Devon Harris made history at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Jamaica’s first bobsleigh team

  17. The reluctant revival of a Lebanese folk singer

    Rogér Fakhr survived civil war by making music, but it would take years to share his past

  18. I had to fight for my life and learn to dance again

    A devastating car crash threw Marc Brew's life and dancing career into jeopardy

  19. I bought Macclesfield FC while drunk and it saved my life

    When Rob Smethurst was gripped by addiction, building a football club helped him get out

  20. Outlook Mixtape: The boyband edition

    Three stories of slick harmonies and choreographed moves – and the real lives behind them

  21. Rescuing my twin, the famous artist we might never have known

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

  22. How searching for the missing, led me back to my roots

    When a friend goes missing, Haley Omeasoo leans on her forensics skills to help.

  23. Being Skepta’s Mum: Raising a rap icon

    Ify Adenuga had very strict parents. As a mum she rewrote the rulebook, nurturing a star

  24. Colm Tóibín: How an Irish boy with a stammer found his voice

    He’s now a best-selling author who brought the glitz of Hollywood to his small-town home

  25. Outlook Mixtape: Master keys

    A key to a gothic mystery, classical keys at the Grammys and a locksmith’s keys to love

  26. I was acting in a Shakespeare play and got stabbed on stage

    Olly Hawes was mid-performance when a fight scene using real knives went horribly wrong

  27. The couple who secretly lived in a shopping mall

    Michael and Adriana’s secret mall apartment was fun – until it took over their marriage

  28. The man trying to protect rice from extinction

    Debal Deb has spent 30 years collecting, growing and sharing 1492 rare types of rice.

  29. My dad’s video tape connected me to his lost life

    Soon after the Bosnian war, Alisa Smajlović received a VHS tape from her missing father

  30. Outlook Mixtape: Treasures in the attic

    Four stories that lay dormant, until the attic door opened and let in a crack of light

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