True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4415 episodes
A special edition of Outlook devoted to the moon and its effect on all our lives
02 May 2011,·28 mins
Canadian hockey star Theo Fleury and his troubled past
28 Apr 2011,·28 mins
Personal stories behind the news from all over the world.
26 Apr 2011,·25 mins
The man whose wedding party was devastated by a bomb that killed 27 of his guests
26 Apr 2011,·28 mins
A British family's agonising choice to end the life of a precious son
25 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The Canadian-Inuit rapper on forgiving his mother after discovering her hidden past
21 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The Afghan MP campaigning to become her country's first female president
20 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The Vatican priest helping refugees make the dangerous sea voyage from Libya to Italy
19 Apr 2011,·28 mins
A woman who escaped Misrata describes the terrible conditions facing civilians there.
18 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The British girl whose father was killed trying to rescue her from Libya
14 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The Spanish mother who killed her daughter's rapist. Hear the daughter's story
13 Apr 2011,·28 mins
Why the Belarus Free Theatre had to perform in secret and has been forced into exile
12 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The last king of Egypt on life in exile and a reign that lasted less than a year
11 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The Afghan woman prosecutor who risks her life to fight crime and domestic violence
07 Apr 2011,·28 mins
More from the priest sheltering 40,000 refugees from fighting in Ivory Coast
06 Apr 2011,·28 mins
The American who found herself pregnant with another woman's baby after an IVF mix up
05 Apr 2011,·28 mins
Today, the release of Sierra Leone's longest serving female death row prisoner
04 Apr 2011,·28 mins
An Indian doctor describes the pressure to abort unborn girls in her country
31 Mar 2011,·28 mins
A priest in Ivory Coast warns of a humanitarian disaster for thousands of refugees
30 Mar 2011,·28 mins
The Olympic Gold medal rower James Cracknell on the brain injury that nearly killed him.
29 Mar 2011,·28 mins
The illegal immigrant who lived for years in Norway but was deported after going public.
28 Mar 2011,·28 mins
A Venezuelan mum and daughter separated a decade ago by mudslides, now reunited.
25 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The daughter of one of the Fukushima 50 who has no news about her father's health
24 Mar 2011,·25 mins
A plea for help from an Ivorian women's leader amid the violent power struggle
23 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The Japanese doctor who won't leave his hospital in the nuclear exclusion zone
22 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The son of a murdered Pakistani politician describes his grief at his father's death
21 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The US teenager who lay down in front of a freight train, lost both legs but survived
18 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The painful memories of a Chernobyl worker who survived the nuclear disaster.
17 Mar 2011,·25 mins
The young intern who ran to help Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot
16 Mar 2011,·25 mins