Outlook

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

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Caleb versus the Criminal Code
Caleb Orozco will always be known for risking his life to revoke Belize’s anti-sodomy law
10 Apr 2025,40 mins
Dances with Diana: My secret lessons with the princess
In 1981 Anne received a call - could she teach Diana, the Princess of Wales to dance?
09 Apr 2025,40 mins
Our forbidden language became a weapon in WW2
Laura Tohe uncovers her father's classified life as a Navajo Code Talker
08 Apr 2025,40 mins
Iraq's teenage war reporter
Meethak al-Khatib grew up on Iraq's frontlines but yearned for a life away from conflict
07 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: how far would you go to save a painting?
Four stories of people who took risks to save works of art
04 Apr 2025,40 mins
Brazil's 'baby swap' boys: 15 years on
The happy ending for two families at the heart of an historic hospital scandal
03 Apr 2025,40 mins
My military service was a joke - but then I had to use it
Maksym Butkevych spent nearly two and a half years as a prisoner of war
02 Apr 2025,40 mins
The day I was outed by my bank robber dad
After his dad was released from jail, Yassa Khan spent a transformative day with him
01 Apr 2025,40 mins
The true story behind I'm Still Here, Brazil's Oscar winner
Marcelo Rubens Paiva was 11 when armed men took his father away
31 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A necklace, three family histories, and digging for dinosaurs
Three stories of going back in time and making extraordinary discoveries
28 Mar 2025,40 mins
An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning
How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief
27 Mar 2025,40 mins
Marching to her own beat: the soldier-turned-beatbox pro
Elaine Lim quit a regimented life in the army to pursue her real passion: beatboxing
26 Mar 2025,40 mins
The art detective who rescued the world's stolen treasures
How Bob Wittman went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures
25 Mar 2025,40 mins
Making Marvel magic: The creative spark from my hospital bed
Spinal surgery ended Nnedi's tennis career but led her to Spiderman and the Black Panther
24 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Stories from the subterranean
From Belize to Thailand: the meaning, mystery – and peril – people have found in caves
21 Mar 2025,40 mins
Searching for green in a concrete world
Kwesia X grew up in urban London - when things got tough, she found peace in nature.
20 Mar 2025,40 mins
Superman in India: The spoof remake that became a cult hit
Film fan Nasir Shaikh’s comic recreations of blockbuster movies on a shoestring budget
18 Mar 2025,40 mins
A teenage jazz promoter and a masterpiece saved from oblivion
In 1975 Vera Brandes was organising the now legendary Köln Concert when disaster struck
17 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Making anime history and a singer's secret father
Dreams come true for a Pakistani animator and singer Rumer on fame and family truths
14 Mar 2025,40 mins
Excavating Belize’s cave of human sacrifice
Archaeologist Jaime Awe found the remains of people who died in ancient Mayan rituals
13 Mar 2025,40 mins
The girl with 'too much fire': surviving the Khmer Rouge, part 2
Loung Ung rebuilds her life in the US but longs to reunite with the sister left behind
12 Mar 2025,40 mins
The girl with 'too much fire': surviving the Khmer Rouge, part 1
Loung Ung’s defiant spirit became her greatest weapon against Pol Pot's regime
11 Mar 2025,40 mins
Intern to record label boss: How I signed Amy Winehouse
Working in a hair salon led Darcus Beese to Amy Winehouse and a life creating hit music
10 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A chorus of female strength
From India, Afghanistan and Morocco, three women who flipped the script and triumphed
07 Mar 2025,40 mins
How I solved a Scottish dinosaur mystery
Dr Elsa Panciroli discovered the identity of the first dinosaur fossil found in Scotland
06 Mar 2025,40 mins
Me and my pen pal, Tupac Shakur
In the depths of despair, Nina Bhadreshwar formed an unlikely bond with a rap legend
05 Mar 2025,40 mins
My secret father and surviving the pressures of fame
Singer Rumer was 11 when she was told her biological father was actually the family cook
04 Mar 2025,40 mins
Swimming blind: My journey to self-acceptance
Melanie Barratt - first blind woman to swim the Channel; she did it with her mum’s ashes
03 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Bollywood, Nollywood, Hollywood
Romance, action and gory prosthetics – stories of filmmaking from around the world
28 Feb 2025,40 mins
My mother’s sitcom genius and her necklace of tears
TV pioneer Peg Lynch left a big legacy and curious jewels for her daughter to untangle
27 Feb 2025,40 mins