True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4414 episodes
The stories behind Sri Lanka's war enquiry commission
24 Sep 2010,·25 mins
David Hamilton's journey from gunman to man of God.
23 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The Eritrean journalist who had to flee his homeland, leaving his family behind.
22 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The grieving father who turned anger towards his son's killer into forgiveness
21 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The Australian surgeon who ended up joining the Kosovo Liberation Army in the late 1990s
20 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Abandoned children in Zimbabwe and the woman determined to give them a brighter future.
17 Sep 2010,·25 mins
African singing star Yvonne Chaka Chaka on fighting malaria, making money and Mandela.
16 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Natascha Kampusch: the story of her 8 years trapped in a cellar by a kidnapper.
15 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Paul Brickhill, the white Zimbabwean who has run Harare's free speech café for 30 years
14 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Anh Do, one of Australia's top comedians on his other life - as a refugee from Vietnam.
13 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The childhood trauma that led an American woman to study the world's most dangerous men.
10 Sep 2010,·25 mins
A mother's long vigil waiting for her son to be freed from the San Jose mine.
09 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The Congolese soldiers who admit to rape, but say they have changed their ways.
08 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Mende Nazer's moving story of abduction and slavery in Sudan and the UK.
07 Sep 2010,·25 mins
The former Miss Bolivia now running one of the country's most dangerous provinces.
06 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Voices from the hometown of the Ecuadorian migrant who survived a massacre in Mexico
03 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Dr Hawa Abdi - the doctor giving a lifeline to thousands of refugees fleeing Somalia
02 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Rebuilding lives in Swat: a personal diary from the heart of flood-devastated Pakistan
01 Sep 2010,·25 mins
Captain Kevin Ivison's extraordinary story of life as a bomb disposal expert in Iraq
31 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The story of the New Orleans Superdome, five years after Hurricane Katrina
30 Aug 2010,·25 mins
One man's fight against injustice in South Africa; healing Haiti's emotional scars
27 Aug 2010,·25 mins
Baroness Warsi in flood-hit Pakistan; a Chinese sex worker's campaign; Sri Lankan widow
26 Aug 2010,·25 mins
Life in a Kashmiri ER; Ecuador's oldest mountaineer; around Africa on a motorbike
24 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The father of the first female US soldier killed in combat in Iraq reflects on his loss
23 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The Indian man who risks his life trying to protect couples who marry for love
20 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The Taiwanese spy arrested in China now rebuilding his life after fourteen years in jail.
19 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The extraordinary life of the lawyer defending former Liberian president Charles Taylor.
18 Aug 2010,·25 mins
Child prostitution in the Amazon; Burmese artist behind bars; flying with toy balloons.
17 Aug 2010,·25 mins
The volunteer fire fighter who's been on the front line battling Russia's wild fires.
16 Aug 2010,·25 mins