True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4415 episodes
Under the volcano - memories of a narrow escape in Montserrat
26 Apr 2012,·28 mins
An American mother on the trauma of having her son sent to prison aged thirteen.
25 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The barrister defending former President Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial
24 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The South Korean parted from his wife and family for twenty years.
23 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The Argentine woman who went undercover in brothels to find her kidnapped daughter.
19 Apr 2012,·28 mins
A Libyan artist's brush with Colonel Gaddafi.
18 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Three Irish sisters talk about surviving years of abuse from their father.
17 Apr 2012,·28 mins
A former Taliban commander on why he's now joined the Afghan government.
16 Apr 2012,·28 mins
Jo Fidgen meets Cedella Marley, the eldest child of Jamaican musician Bob Marley.
12 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The former street kid from Lebanon who's now conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
11 Apr 2012,·28 mins
A Syrian doctor who taught President al-Assad, describes losing seven family members.
10 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The legendary musician and producer Nile Rodgers.
09 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The Somali doctor who's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
05 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The musical life of the Senegalese musician Baaba Maal.
04 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The widow of a British bomb disposal expert on coping with her grief by going public.
03 Apr 2012,·28 mins
How a lost camera began a friendship between former enemy soldiers.
02 Apr 2012,·28 mins
The woman who discovered her long-lost brother was in jail for murder.
29 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Fighting the fear: reporting from the frontline of the Libyan uprising.
28 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The German pensioner on a mission to scrub out neo-nazi propaganda in Berlin.
27 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Life under siege in Sarajevo - on an extraordinary street.
26 Mar 2012,·28 mins
After the tsunami: the man who cared for the dead.
22 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Egyptian psychiatrist treating the country's torture victims.
21 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The woman who fell from the sky: the aircrash sole-survivor's story.
20 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Former Chilean President Ricardo Lagos on his struggle to topple General Pinochet.
19 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Palestinian couple who fell in love despite not being allowed to meet.
15 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The librarian who risked his life to save antique books during the siege of Sarajevo.
14 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Swiss man forced to become a 'contract child' speaks out about his stolen childhood.
13 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Syrian doctor who risks his life treating wounded activists in secret clinics.
12 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Ugandan woman abducted by the LRA now helping other victims deal with their past.
08 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The Japanese doctor helping survivors of last year's tsunami cope with their grief.
07 Mar 2012,·28 mins
