True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4410 episodes
Sharon Mascall meets migrants who've crossed the globe to make Australia their home.
31 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Kidnap in Mexico; Indian sex workers; Iraqi eye Doctor. With George Arney.
28 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Surviving nuclear tests; Massachusetts farm; Nigeria's farming future. With George Arney.
27 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Chicago kids off the block; North Caucasus bloggers; US monks. With George Arney.
26 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Swat valley teacher; Aborigine guides; Maryland farmer; Miami drag racers.
25 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Indian abortion controversy; Tour de Timor; Hog farming in the USA. With George Arney.
24 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Japanese sex discrimination; Organic Family Farm; Running in South Africa.
21 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Iraqi church refugees; Cirque du Soleil; Food crisis. With George Arney.
20 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Women's rights in Afghanistan; Hopi farming family; Aid worker in South Ossetia.
19 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Dramatic execution rescue; Japan's pregnant brides; prosthetic arm claim.
18 Aug 2009,·28 mins
India school suicides; farming in Iowa; the father who ran Auschwitz.
17 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Betty Yettaw; Beating the US health system; Being gay in China; German bravery medals.
14 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Prosecuting war criminals; Cross-border friendship; Child birth defects in Corby.
13 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Human rights in Chechnya; lost boys of Sudan; Iraq's new youth orchestra.
12 Aug 2009,·28 mins
South Africa's white squatters; new face for a new job; Aerosol Arabic.
11 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Education theft in China; Brazilian cuckolds; Sued for music sharing; Child hen farmer.
10 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Shooting in Tel Aviv; Swat goes back to school; Madagascar's sea nomads. With Lucy Ash.
05 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Gujarati sailors; old age prisoners; fashionable burqas; RIP Benson the carp.
04 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Gang busting granny; Hong Kong's oldest DJ; Banker turned biker. With Lucy Ash.
03 Aug 2009,·28 mins
Shocking rape case in Syria; Scottish homecoming; Pregnancy in Kenya. With Lucy Ash.
31 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Rabiah Hutchinson - the surf chick who married into Al Qaeda's inner circle.
30 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Lady Jane Campbell fighting for the right not to die; an expectant mum in India.
29 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Gambian journalists under pressure; Mum stories; blind teens climb Everest.
28 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Malalai Joya; mum-to-be with a disability; and the Nigerian cardiologist.
27 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Return to the Swat valley; going bust in the USA; love triangles at the zoo.
24 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Locked in car boot, American mum-to-be, African students in China. With Matthew Bannister.
22 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Crime of the Century; Sexist baboons in Kenya; Living off rubbish. With Matthew Bannister.
21 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Birth photo arrest; Apollo 11 at 40; and Bhopal 25 years on. With Matthew Bannister.
20 Jul 2009,·28 mins
South African construction workers on strike; saving the sibling and moon memories.
16 Jul 2009,·28 mins
Gay US solider; Russian Cosmonaut moon memories; African in America.
15 Jul 2009,·28 mins