True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4408 episodes
The story of three defiant daughters on adventures sparked by their fearless fathers
23 May 2025,·40 mins
After a career deradicalising Islamic State brides, Nussaibah Younis turned to comedy
22 May 2025,·40 mins
Esther Ghey's daughter Brianna was murdered by teenagers she believed were her friends
21 May 2025,·40 mins
How Nepalese Prabal Gurung became a top designer - dressing Sharika and Kamala Harris
20 May 2025,·40 mins
Bárbara Hernández swam for 45 minutes in Antarctic waters of 2°C
19 May 2025,·40 mins
The accidental ties that link four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
16 May 2025,·40 mins
Kavi Pujara photographed Leicester’s South Asian community and reconnected with his roots
15 May 2025,·40 mins
Natasha Lance Rogoff’s daunting challenge of making Sesame Street in post-Soviet Russia
14 May 2025,·40 mins
Jonathan Shanklin never sought the limelight. But then he made a world-changing discovery
13 May 2025,·40 mins
Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann
12 May 2025,·40 mins
Stories of people who found themselves in, and under, the water
09 May 2025,·40 mins
Laurene Allen's campaign against toxic chemicals changed laws on drinking water safety
08 May 2025,·40 mins
Kubra Khademi's protest against sexual violence brought an Afghan street to a standstill
07 May 2025,·40 mins
An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad
06 May 2025,·40 mins
Uncovering my Jewish ancestor’s ties to the Nazis
05 May 2025,·40 mins
Three remarkable writers; forming bonds, forging dreams and creating whole new worlds
02 May 2025,·40 mins
Gene Yu’s US Army training helped him plan an unsanctioned mission in the Philippines.
01 May 2025,·40 mins
Rihanna faced life imprisonment for her sexuality in an historic LGBTQ trial
30 Apr 2025,·40 mins
When gangs threatened Manolo de la Torre's life, he fled to London - and started cooking
29 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Separated from his mum as a boy, Juano Diaz drew her face over and over again
28 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Dancing classes with Princess Diana, a penguin’s lessons and a school for beatboxers
25 Apr 2025,·40 mins
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
24 Apr 2025,·40 mins
23 Apr 2025,·40 mins
22 Apr 2025,·40 mins
21 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Four people, each on a collision course with a book that changed them
18 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird
17 Apr 2025,·40 mins
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
16 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Sue Dobson was a white South African who risked her life as an ANC secret agent
15 Apr 2025,·40 mins
Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective
14 Apr 2025,·40 mins