True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4411 episodes
Thandiwe Muriu wanted to leave Kenya until a camera helped her see beauty in her culture
07 May 2024,·40 mins
For decades Mimi Roman was silent about her musical past; now aged 90 she's back on stage
06 May 2024,·40 mins
Your bonus edition with the stories we love this week
03 May 2024,·40 mins
The all-female sea shanty group that made a miracle
02 May 2024,·40 mins
Elton John tribute act Tom Cridland says his hero helped him overcome alcohol addiction
01 May 2024,·40 mins
Rebel child turned rebel lawyer, Moniza Kakar is challenging authority wherever she goes
30 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Robin Hardy’s obsessive quest to make this iconic horror movie would devastate his family
29 Apr 2024,·40 mins
26 Apr 2024,·40 mins
How Indian jazz vocalist Asha Puthli challenged musical stereotypes
25 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Amjed Tantesh’s enduring mission to teach Gazan children to swim
24 Apr 2024,·40 mins
The Mexican author whose younger sister Liliana was murdered at the age of 20 in 1990
23 Apr 2024,·40 mins
After being struck by lightning in 2005, Laura was consumed by a hunger to play music
22 Apr 2024,·40 mins
19 Apr 2024,·40 mins
On a mission to find a new type of orchid for his granny, Tom Hart Dyke was kidnapped
18 Apr 2024,·40 mins
How four teenagers from Liverpool became the UK's first all-female rock'n'roll band
17 Apr 2024,·40 mins
When Eri Nanato was diagnosed with autism and ADHD, she and her husband turned to manga
16 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Sara Méndez’s desperate hunt for her baby boy, vanished during Uruguay’s military regime
15 Apr 2024,·40 mins
12 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Evy Mages learns the truth about her time in an Austrian ‘child-observation station'
11 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Garrett McNamara made history when he surfed a 78-foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal
10 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Sofía Gatica was set on finding out the cause of sickness in her area, no matter the cost
09 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Yasmine Arrington has set up a scholarship fund for the children of incarcerated parents
08 Apr 2024,·40 mins
05 Apr 2024,·40 mins
The chance encounter that led Suzi Ronson to style David Bowie's iconic look
04 Apr 2024,·40 mins
At his lowest ebb Akihiko Kondo found sanctuary with an AI popstar, but faced a backlash
03 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Errollyn Wallen was told she was nothing special, but her music proved them wrong
02 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Leyner Palacios grew up around volatile armed groups so he learned to negotiate with them
01 Apr 2024,·40 mins
Ebrahim Kisoro and his colleagues commandeered a plane to fly to safety
28 Mar 2024,·40 mins
Bruno Lemaitre made the discovery of his life – but someone else got the Nobel Prize
27 Mar 2024,·40 mins
Lucy Sexton was making a TV series about hostages when her father Joe was abducted
26 Mar 2024,·40 mins