True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4460 episodes
The man who brought down one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels.
16 Jul 2012,·28 mins
A Greek Orthodox priest on how the economic crisis is affecting his parishioners.
12 Jul 2012,·28 mins
How poetry saved the life of a Cambodian-American who served 14 years in jail.
11 Jul 2012,·28 mins
The British Pakistani who spent his youth recruiting Muslims to an extremist cause.
10 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Syrian children speak about torture they've suffered at the hands of the army.
09 Jul 2012,·28 mins
The Belgian 'virus detective' who helped identify the deadly Ebola virus.
05 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Tackling abuse in British care homes.
04 Jul 2012,·28 mins
The man rebuilding the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan.
03 Jul 2012,·28 mins
The Colombian policeman held hostage by FARC rebels for nearly 13 years.
02 Jul 2012,·28 mins
Two people's mission to take their learning disabled brother to meet Metallica's drummer.
28 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Nik Wallenda, the man who made history by walking across Niagara Falls on a high wire.
27 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The former child soldier who is digging up the landmines he planted
26 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The secrets of a polygamous marriage - we meet an American man and his three wives.
25 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The man fleeing persecution in China but ended up being held at Guantanamo Bay.
21 Jun 2012,·28 mins
The Indian businessman helping widows across the world.
20 Jun 2012,·28 mins
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
