Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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Outlook Mixtape: Jungle love, undercover cop, queen of drag
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23 Aug 2024,40 mins
Mum said I was mad for joining the police – was she right?
Nusrit Mehtab became one of the few brown, Muslim women in the Metropolitan Police
22 Aug 2024,40 mins
Teenage girls 1, 'old men' 0
How Copa 71, the first women’s World Cup, took on football’s 'old men'
21 Aug 2024,40 mins
Nemonte Nenquimo: Love and battle in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Nemonte Nenquimo is an indigenous leader from Ecuador fighting to protect the rainforest
20 Aug 2024,40 mins
Secret superstar: the making of drag queen Yvie Oddly
Yvie’s journey from pain and shame to stardom on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
19 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Rebel radio, the ‘dadvert’ and a kitchen revelation
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16 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? I feared rejection and found an ally
‘Ellen’ discovered a secret bond with her mother after a bombshell revelation
15 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 2
Carlos has become El Salvador’s voice of resistance after launching Radio Venceremos
14 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Rebel radio, part 1
Carlos’ mission is to create a clandestine radio station during El Salvador’s civil war
13 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Why I advertised for a dad
Georgie Codd never had a dad, so she started a search for the ideal father figure
12 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Love under the stars, finding dad and surviving solitary
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09 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? My journey to meet my birth parents
Darragh decided to trace his birth dad – who didn’t even know he existed – in Trinidad
08 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Learning to love after leaving a cult
Werner and Katharina grew up in a German commune sealed off from the outside world
07 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Love, stars and a travelling telescope
How Susan Murabana travelled to Kenya to see a solar eclipse and met the love of her life
06 Aug 2024,40 mins
Is Anybody Out There? Secrets for surviving solitary
How a pair of pink trousers were used to pass messages in an Iranian jail
05 Aug 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Lost boys, teen tech star and the red bike
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02 Aug 2024,40 mins
The child refugee and the big red bicycle
How a stranger’s small act of kindness had a giant impact on a young girl without a home
01 Aug 2024,40 mins
The tech whizz-kid building apps to save his family from debt
At 12 Michael Sayman was the family’s main breadwinner, keeping their chicken shop afloat
31 Jul 2024,40 mins
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2
Salva Dut returns to Sudan to find his dad and decides to get clean water to his village
30 Jul 2024,40 mins
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1
As a survivor of Sudan's civil war, Salva Dut's will to keep going has taken him far
29 Jul 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Boy lama, separated families and reunion joy
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26 Jul 2024,40 mins
Rescuing my twin, the famous artist we might never have known
Separated at seven, it took decades for Joyce and Judith Scott to be reunited
25 Jul 2024,40 mins
Keeping faith: How prayers helped me find my mother
François d’Adesky was seven when he was separated from his mother at Bujumbura airport
24 Jul 2024,40 mins
Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey
Osel Hita Torres was a baby when he was recognised as a reincarnated spiritual leader
23 Jul 2024,40 mins
The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets
Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin’s closest allies
22 Jul 2024,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: blackmail, a brother's quest, losing 31-0
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19 Jul 2024,40 mins
Hollywood high jinks and a family caught in the spotlight
Roommates with Princess Leia, saved by James Bond and breaking into Hollywood
18 Jul 2024,40 mins
The Black pioneers of modern emergency medicine
John Moon joined a team of paramedics in the 60s who revolutionised the ambulance service
17 Jul 2024,40 mins
Fixing the worst football team in the world
American Samoa, last in the Fifa rankings, had never won a game, but that all changed
16 Jul 2024,40 mins
Hacked and blackmailed: How I took back control
Blackmailers threatened to leak Patricia Franquesa’s stolen nude photos — she fought back
15 Jul 2024,40 mins