True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4460 episodes
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
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
