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