True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4415 episodes
A Greek doctor struggling to feed the patients in his hospital.
19 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Ambassador to Hell - bearing witness to atrocities and bringing war criminals to justice
18 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The Nigerian Muslim who risked his own life to save a Christian woman
14 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The Peruvian who survived 17 days in the jungle after being shot in a gun battle
13 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Today, a Burmese Rohingya refugee tells us why she's determined to make Malaysia her home
12 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The Christian who tried to 'cure' gay people but has come to terms with his homosexuality.
11 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Meet Youssef Al Kilani, the man who led Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to his captors
07 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Barack Obama's half-sister Auma on her childhood and the father she shares with him.
06 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Matthew Bannister goes up The Shard, Western Europe's tallest building.
05 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The British man who helped his former wife end her own life.
04 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Diamond Jubilee - what does it mean to three young Londoners?
31 May 2012,·28 mins
From the rag trade to riches: the story of the man behind Europe's tallest building.
30 May 2012,·28 mins
A pet polar bear, Antarctic haute cuisine and the man who refused to fight for the Nazis.
29 May 2012,·28 mins
The man who became a symbol of police brutality towards black people in America.
28 May 2012,·26 mins
Bosnian concentration camp survivor 20 years on.
24 May 2012,·28 mins
The Greek doctor helping those who can't afford treatment.
23 May 2012,·28 mins
The Dalit who defied the odds to become one of India's most successful businesswomen.
22 May 2012,·28 mins
Marian Partington whose sister was murdered by the Wests describes her spiritual journey.
21 May 2012,·28 mins
One of the athletes who raised the black power salute in the 1968 Olympics.
17 May 2012,·28 mins
An Ecuadorian immigrant who's leading a rebellion against Spanish banks.
16 May 2012,·28 mins
The man who risks his life to rescue orphans who have fled from North Korea into China.
15 May 2012,·28 mins
The Spanish veterans protesting about economic austerity.
14 May 2012,·28 mins
Greek crisis: "My father killed himself for political reasons"
10 May 2012,·28 mins
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng's dramatic escape from house arrest
09 May 2012,·28 mins
The Kazakh human rights lawyer who had a prison opened especially for him.
08 May 2012,·28 mins
Living "where humans don't belong": personal stories from Antarctica
07 May 2012,·28 mins
How an Azeri journalist investigating corruption was secretly filmed having sex.
03 May 2012,·28 mins
A Chinese dissident who found asylum abroad but had to leave his family behind
02 May 2012,·28 mins
The American man told he was the reincarnation of a Buddhist master at the age of 3
01 May 2012,·28 mins
The reporter at Charles Taylor's trial who himself escaped rebels during the civil war
30 Apr 2012,·28 mins