True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4464 episodes
Cécile Kyenge on her journey from the DRC to high political office in Italy.
01 May 2014,·55 mins
Juliet Lyon is head of the Prison Reform Trust, a UK-based charity.
30 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Two American veterans on how their relationship survived brain injury and PTSD.
29 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Author David Baldacci on how his plots are based on real experiences of undercover agents
28 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Chernobyl family, Honduran Bishop, imprisoned hikers, message in a bottle.
27 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Three generations of the Kupny family have worked at the nuclear power station
24 Apr 2014,·55 mins
How Bishop Romulo Emiliani brought a truce between two of the largest gangs in Honduras
23 Apr 2014,·55 mins
How three American hikers ended up in Tehran's notorious Evin prison
22 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Trekking 1700 miles across the Australian outback with four camels and a dog for company
21 Apr 2014,·55 mins
The American mudslide survivor; the babies named with a tune; sheep farmer living alone
20 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Robin Youngblood from Oso, Washington State remembers the day a wall of mud engulfed her.
17 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Indian writer Meena Kandasamy on shedding light on a 1968 massacre of 'untouchables'
16 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Novelist Danny Rhodes watched as 96 people were crushed to death in a football stadium
15 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Sunita Danuwar was just a teenager when she was forced into India's sex industry
14 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Singing Samoans, sole survivor guilt, nature reserves, snow babies and Quidditch
13 Apr 2014,·28 mins
The women who had children after being raped during the Rwandan genocide
10 Apr 2014,·55 mins
British paraglider Guy Anderson survived a near-fatal crash in a remote area of Idaho, US
09 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Charlotte Church became a famous singer at the age of 11 after performing in a TV show
08 Apr 2014,·55 mins
American George Lamson Jr felt guilty he was the only survivor of a plane crash in 1985
07 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Rwandan forgave parents' killer and freedom stories from captured botanist to 60s hippies
06 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Rwandan musician Jean Paul Samputu forgave his close friend for killing his parents.
03 Apr 2014,·55 mins
The French sheep farmer who is in a battle for survival - with wolves
02 Apr 2014,·55 mins
Personal journeys to freedom from around the world
01 Apr 2014,·55 mins
San Franciscans share their stories of freedom, but is the city's spirit under threat?
31 Mar 2014,·55 mins
Beach art, silver surfers, fighting polio, tasting words and from soldier to actor
30 Mar 2014,·28 mins
Visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and her guide Charlotte Evans won gold at Sochi
27 Mar 2014,·55 mins
The Pakistani health worker who vaccinates children against polio, despite the dangers
26 Mar 2014,·55 mins
Najla Ayubi fought to become a judge, but was forced to give up her career by the Taliban
25 Mar 2014,·55 mins
The lives of Sri Lanka's women, documented through their stories of war, tsunami and loss
24 Mar 2014,·55 mins
Fathering 98 Children, the "Foundling Baby", and saving Africa's vinyl
23 Mar 2014,·28 mins
