True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4464 episodes
The pilot who stumbled across an elephant massacre and rescued a baby elephant
03 Sep 2014,·55 mins
Alison Hewitt and family suffered a campaign of terror. Her parents' home was set on fire
02 Sep 2014,·55 mins
Doctor Sanduk Ruit performs eye operations in rural Nepal, restoring sight to thousands
01 Sep 2014,·55 mins
Wrongly jailed for murder: rebuilding a life and a skateboarding cop and a snake rescuer
31 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Yellavva Balappa braved a monsoon-swollen river in southwest India to reach hospital
28 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Azeri journalist Sevinj Osmanqizi has been investigating her father's death
27 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Valerie Taylor has created the biggest spinal injuries hospital in Bangladesh
26 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Michael Morton spent 25 years in prison wrongly accused of murdering his wife
25 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Afghanistan's mind doctor, the artist who became a statue and Trombone Shorty
24 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Saudi reporter Safa Al Ahmad on how being a woman helped her film protesters undetected
21 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Artist Alison Lapper was born with no arms. A naked statue of her made her famous.
20 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Afghan psychiatrist Mohammad Alemi shares memories of his experiences under the Taliban.
19 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Christina lost her baby at seven months and was jailed for aggravated homicide
18 Aug 2014,·55 mins
The South African ex-policeman cared for by a woman he would once have seen as the enemy
17 Aug 2014,·28 mins
The Nepalese girl who was adopted even though she was not an orphan
14 Aug 2014,·55 mins
The ex-South African policeman taken in by a woman he would once have seen as the enemy
13 Aug 2014,·55 mins
The Pakistani campaigner for equality and peace whose life is under threat as a result
12 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Ashok Row Kavi is one of India's most prominent gay rights activists
11 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Surviving Ebola in Guinea; violinist Nicola Benedetti; Doctor burying the typhoon dead
10 Aug 2014,·28 mins
The former child soldier from Rwanda adopted by Emma Thompson
07 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Saa Sabas from Guinea who survived the Ebola virus
06 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Dr Christiana Thorpe has just stepped down as head of the National Electoral Commission.
05 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Michal Rotem, the Israeli woman who translates the names of the Gaza dead into Hebrew.
04 Aug 2014,·55 mins
Child trafficking in Honduras; ploughing portraits on fields; my Jewish-Palestinian family
03 Aug 2014,·28 mins
Eric Brocklebank has had three close encounters with lightning
31 Jul 2014,·55 mins
The Honduran police unit tackling child trafficking across the border
30 Jul 2014,·55 mins
What is it like to grow up as the child of a serial killer?
29 Jul 2014,·49 mins
The 'Amerasian' woman and her US soldier dad who have been reunited online
28 Jul 2014,·49 mins
My new face; dancing lambada around the world; and a passion for poisonous frogs
27 Jul 2014,·28 mins
The Iraqi priest staying with his Christian flock despite threats from Islamist militants
24 Jul 2014,·55 mins