Outlook

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

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Outlook Mixtape: When daddy kept his cool
The story of three defiant daughters on adventures sparked by their fearless fathers
23 May 2025,40 mins
Leaving faith, finding fiction: The preacher turned satirist
After a career deradicalising Islamic State brides, Nussaibah Younis turned to comedy
22 May 2025,40 mins
Why I forgave my daughter Brianna's killers
Esther Ghey's daughter Brianna was murdered by teenagers she believed were her friends
21 May 2025,40 mins
Prabal Gurung: The surprising story of a fashion superstar
How Nepalese Prabal Gurung became a top designer - dressing Sharika and Kamala Harris
20 May 2025,40 mins
Chile's ice mermaid and her record-breaking glacial swims
Bárbara Hernández swam for 45 minutes in Antarctic waters of 2°C
19 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The colliding lives of four strangers
The accidental ties that link four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
16 May 2025,40 mins
My Golden Mile: a British Asian’s picture of home
Kavi Pujara photographed Leicester’s South Asian community and reconnected with his roots
15 May 2025,40 mins
Bringing the Muppets to Moscow
Natasha Lance Rogoff’s daunting challenge of making Sesame Street in post-Soviet Russia
14 May 2025,40 mins
How I discovered the ozone hole and saved millions of lives
Jonathan Shanklin never sought the limelight. But then he made a world-changing discovery
13 May 2025,40 mins
The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi
Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann
12 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Diving In
Stories of people who found themselves in, and under, the water
09 May 2025,40 mins
The psychotherapist who became a water warrior
Laurene Allen's campaign against toxic chemicals changed laws on drinking water safety
08 May 2025,40 mins
Why I wore iron underwear on Kabul’s busiest street
Kubra Khademi's protest against sexual violence brought an Afghan street to a standstill
07 May 2025,40 mins
Black, Korean, stateless: A 'slickyboy’s' American dream
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
06 May 2025,40 mins
Radioactive: my great-grandad’s chemical confession
Uncovering my Jewish ancestor’s ties to the Nazis
05 May 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Putting pen to paper
Three remarkable writers; forming bonds, forging dreams and creating whole new worlds
02 May 2025,40 mins
The ex-Special Forces officer and the hostage rescue of a friend
Gene Yu’s US Army training helped him plan an unsanctioned mission in the Philippines.
01 May 2025,40 mins
Surviving one of Uganda's oldest anti-homosexuality laws
Rihanna faced life imprisonment for her sexuality in an historic LGBTQ trial
30 Apr 2025,40 mins
Salvation in tacos - escaping cartel violence for the kitchen
When gangs threatened Manolo de la Torre's life, he fled to London - and started cooking
29 Apr 2025,40 mins
Painting faces in search of myself and my mum
Separated from his mum as a boy, Juano Diaz drew her face over and over again
28 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A princess, a penguin and a beatboxer
Dancing classes with Princess Diana, a penguin’s lessons and a school for beatboxers
25 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #4: Georgiana and the food that makes men cry
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
24 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #3: Sarah, the surgeon who performs "magic"
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
23 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #2: Fanta, the collector of lost objects
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
22 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #1: Amina’s escape and the missing tiger
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
21 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Books Changing Lives
Four people, each on a collision course with a book that changed them
18 Apr 2025,40 mins
The penguin that followed a teacher home
Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird
17 Apr 2025,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 2
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
16 Apr 2025,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 1
Sue Dobson was a white South African who risked her life as an ANC secret agent
15 Apr 2025,40 mins
Undercover in Mumbai: The 'Lady James Bond' of India
Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective
14 Apr 2025,40 mins