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Facing a Grand Slam champion and my own parents in court
When Olivia Jasriel took her childhood abuser to court, her parents testified against her
25 Mar 2024,40 mins
The lawyer, the chemical giant, and the contaminated water
Robert Bilott took on a case for one farmer and began a fight for thousands of people
21 Mar 2024,40 mins
Going cold turkey in a Bangkok prison
Holly’s life was shaped by heroin addiction. At rock bottom, she finally got clean
20 Mar 2024,40 mins
Searching for belonging in Wordsworth’s Lake District
After a breakdown Esther Rutter found new hope in the home of an old English poet
19 Mar 2024,40 mins
Discovering my film-making grandfather, Emeric Pressburger
Age 13, Andrew MacDonald discovered his grandfather was an Oscar-winning film-maker
18 Mar 2024,40 mins
The Playboy Bunny civil-rights activist who became Mrs Bond
Gloria Hendry quit civil rights to be a Playboy Bunny — and the first black Mrs Bond
14 Mar 2024,40 mins
Coming last and still getting the biggest cheers
Now aged 40, Felipe Nystrom competes in gruelling races, never expecting to win
13 Mar 2024,40 mins,
Exposing Silicon Valley's multimillion dollar fraud, part 2
Fresh-faced graduate Erika Cheung’s whistleblowing put Theranos’ founder in jail
12 Mar 2024,40 mins
Exposing Silicon Valley's multimillion dollar fraud, part 1
Erika Cheung went from a trailer park to a top tech company job, but something was off
11 Mar 2024,40 mins
Balochistan’s mystery benjo man, part 2
How Ustad Noor Bakhsh, a Pakistani shepherd in his 70s, became a folk music star
07 Mar 2024,40 mins
Balochistan’s mystery benjo man, part 1
The epic quest to find an elderly Pakistani musician and his unusual stringed instrument
06 Mar 2024,40 mins
Murder she solved: Karachi’s pioneering police surgeon
Summaiya Syed on facing misogyny and shaking up forensic investigation across Pakistan
05 Mar 2024,40 mins
Painting, prison and two decades in Guantanamo
Mistaken for a terrorist, Ahmed Rabbani was detained without trial. Art became his refuge
04 Mar 2024,40 mins,
My Pacific odyssey and the son I left behind
Ruth Shaw spent years sailing boats and on islands, trying to outrun her past
29 Feb 2024,40 mins
Muppets, marionettes and magic: My life with puppets
How Basil Twist brought Studio Ghibli’s Totoro and his puppet creations to life
28 Feb 2024,40 mins
Your Song: What song has shaped your life?
Is there one song that tells a story from your life? Outlook wants to know about it
27 Feb 2024,40 mins
Finding calm in the chaos of Miss World 1996
Rani Jeyaraj found herself caught in the middle of violent protests against the pageant
26 Feb 2024,40 mins
Frank Sinatra’s Australian showdown
When Ol’ Blue Eyes made Australia see red
24 Feb 2024,26 mins
My microscopic world: Making the tiniest sculptures on earth
British artist Willard Wigan has a gift for constructing the world in miniature
22 Feb 2024,40 mins
Beirut in stained glass: Rebuilding a broken city
Stained-glass artist Maya Husseini is restoring her life’s work after the 2020 explosion
21 Feb 2024,40 mins
Surviving a serial killer
How Kathy Kleiner Rubin lived and thrived after a horrific attack by Ted Bundy in 1978
20 Feb 2024,40 mins,
"He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"
Kieran Quinlan was on his way to a party when a man with a knife attacked him.
19 Feb 2024,40 mins
The teenager who survived the Manchester bombing
Freya Lewis has rebuilt her life after the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in 2017.
17 Feb 2024,26 mins
Unrepeated: Damo Suzuki's improvisations in music and life
The legendary Japanese vocalist passed away earlier this week.
15 Feb 2024,40 mins
The reluctant cop who sculpted away his sorrow
A child of the civil rights era, Kevin became a policeman but longed to be an artist
14 Feb 2024,40 mins
Why I twist my hair into sculptures
How Ivorian artist Laetitia Ky found power in her hair styles
13 Feb 2024,40 mins
Trapped in an icy hell: My 72-day mountain escape
After crashing high in the Andes, Nando Parrado had to go to the extreme to get out
12 Feb 2024,40 mins,
The ultimate birdwatcher: Facing swamps, snakes and sceptics
For 50 years Bobby Harrison has canoed the Arkansas swamps in search of an elusive bird
08 Feb 2024,40 mins
Fugees Family: The football team who became my life
The extraordinary coach who started a football team but built something much bigger
07 Feb 2024,40 mins
My grandmother walked the rabbit-proof fence
Maria Pilkington's grandmother walked 1400km through Australia to get home, aged 14
06 Feb 2024,40 mins