True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4415 episodes
A Spanish woman on her struggle to cope after losing both legs in a bomb attack.
06 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The former Ethiopian maid whose experiences drove her to make a film on domestic slavery.
05 Mar 2012,·28 mins
The ousted president of the Maldives on his worries for himself and his country.
01 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Extraordinary personal stories from inside Bush House - home of the World Service.
29 Feb 2012,·25 mins
The journalist determined to go on after losing colleagues in the Christchurch earthquake.
28 Feb 2012,·28 mins
An American bounty hunter says why he's determined to give closure to grieving families.
27 Feb 2012,·28 mins
"I have a dream": The man who helped Dr Martin Luther King write that speech.
23 Feb 2012,·26 mins
The British undercover policeman who became confused about his own identity.
22 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.
21 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The Tibetan who set himself on fire in front of the Chinese Embassy in Delhi.
20 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The Palestinian girl who was locked up for nine years by her father.
16 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The mother and son who were photographed in the aftermath of protests in Yemen.
15 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad on transforming the faces of acid victims
14 Feb 2012,·28 mins
A former white supremacist from America on transforming his life and his body.
13 Feb 2012,·28 mins
A campaigner's hopes for a better future for Libyan women.
09 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The reality TV contestant who's now one of the first openly gay MPs in Brazil
08 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Kimberley Motley, the only western lawyer practising in the Afghan court system.
07 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The Syrian soldier who defected after being ordered to fire on protesters.
06 Feb 2012,·28 mins
Two Pakistani women break the silence on domestic abuse.
02 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The Egyptian woman who says she was subjected to a forced virginity test by the military.
01 Feb 2012,·28 mins
The British banker extradited to the USA and imprisoned after the collapse of Enron.
31 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The Israeli woman who sparked a debate about ultra-orthodox practices by sitting on a bus.
30 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Tsunami girl - back from the dead after seven years
26 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The former drug addict who's now helping London's homeless.
25 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The Pakistani schoolgirl whose anti-Taliban diary won her a peace award.
24 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The top UN diplomat kidnapped and held hostage by al-Qaeda in Niger.
23 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The Italian Deputy Mayor who spent hours rescuing passengers from the Costa Concordia.
19 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The Indian couple who revealed on television that they were HIV positive.
18 Jan 2012,·28 mins
The singer with Burma's first Western-style girl group
17 Jan 2012,·28 mins
Stephen Lawrence's schoolfriend Duwayne Brooks, on witnessing his racist killing.
16 Jan 2012,·28 mins
