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The pasta dish that saved a basketballer’s life
A chance meal gave Sebastien Bellin the fuel to fight when a bomb exploded next to him
03 Aug 2023,40 mins
How’d you get so rich? A dream to change my family’s fortune
Reggie Nelson knocked on the poshest doors in London and asked a million-dollar question
02 Aug 2023,40 mins
I ran away from slavery; now I help others escape
Analiza Guevara was exploited by her employer and then trafficked into Britain
01 Aug 2023,40 mins
Who is that kneeling man in the photograph?
My search for the truth about my father and Martin Luther King’s assassination
31 Jul 2023,40 mins,
The Nigerian farmer who sued an oil giant
Eric Barizaa Dooh took Shell to court over pollution in a case that stunned the world
29 Jul 2023,26 mins
Batonga! How a made-up word guided Angélique Kidjo’s life
Benin’s multi Grammy-winning diva on her fight for musical freedom and justice for women
27 Jul 2023,40 mins
Secret studies, glass beads and a beautiful brain scan
The Afghan scientist who fought to go to university after seeing an MRI scan
26 Jul 2023,40 mins
The US border guard who fought his own deportation
After refusing entry to thousands of people, Raul Rodriguez found himself in their shoes
25 Jul 2023,40 mins
A boy called Love: From street dance to world-class ballet
At 15 Love Kotiya first saw ballet through the window of a Delhi dance studio
24 Jul 2023,40 mins
'Love finds a way' - a bond that overcame decades of separation
Jeanne's family opposed her romance with Steve. They split, but she never forgot him
22 Jul 2023,26 mins
Sabira Merchant: A life lived head on
Sabira Merchant has been at the centre of Mumbai culture for 80 years
20 Jul 2023,40 mins
I saved chimpanzees and they've saved me
Stany Nyandwi's rescued chimps helped him through war and loneliness
19 Jul 2023,40 mins
The Mexican family band and the magic of the wooden monster
The Gama brothers’ lives changed when their dad brought a huge marimba through the door
18 Jul 2023,40 mins
The trailblazing nurse who began life in care
Starting life in care, Elizabeth Anionwu is Britain's first sickle cell nurse specialist
17 Jul 2023,40 mins,
Me, OCD and the baby bird in my hair
How nursing an abandoned finch helped Hannah Bourne-Taylor through a mental health crisis
15 Jul 2023,26 mins
Shot out of the sky: My photo exposed a US political scandal
Lou Dematteis' photo was a catalyst in the unravelling of a CIA cover-up
13 Jul 2023,40 mins
Our community struck oil; then the murders began
Jim Gray on the mysterious murder plot that targeted his Osage Nation ancestors
12 Jul 2023,40 mins
Bombs, Berlioz and a Baghdad hit list
Mais Al-Bayaa wanted to be a French academic but the Iraq war led her to journalism
11 Jul 2023,40 mins
My brilliant dad: how dementia deepened our bond
Sandeep Jauhar learned everything he could about Alzheimer's to be a better carer
10 Jul 2023,40 mins
Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind
Civil war separated Helene Cooper from her sister. Years later she went to find her
08 Jul 2023,26 mins
"We are not trash!" A daughter’s fight to bury her mother
Morgan Harris is one of four indigenous women whose remains are thought to be in landfill
06 Jul 2023,40 mins
'A dream is a dream': the man who refused to give up
Solomon Lefakane longed to become a doctor, but apartheid South Africa tried to stop him
05 Jul 2023,40 mins
Exposing Nxivm: Bringing down a destructive cult, part 2
Catherine and India Oxenberg face Nxivm cult leader Keith Raniere in court
04 Jul 2023,40 mins
Exposing Nxivm: Bringing down a destructive cult, part 1
How actor Catherine Oxenberg rescued her daughter India from the dangerous cult, Nxivm
03 Jul 2023,40 mins
Hidden kingdom: My battle to save the world’s largest cave
When Vietnam’s spectacular Son Doong cave came under threat, Huong Le knew she had to act
01 Jul 2023,26 mins
Folklore, music and me: my chart-topping lullabies
Hafdís Huld's lullabies captivated Iceland and made music history
29 Jun 2023,40 mins
‘Sold’ for a pint of whiskey: Lonnie Holley’s mythical life, part 2
Lonnie begins to rebuild; but it takes friends and family to tell him he’s an artist
28 Jun 2023,40 mins
‘Sold’ for a pint of whiskey: Lonnie Holley’s mythical life, part 1
Raised in a bar in Jim Crow-era Alabama, the artist has experienced beauty and brutality
27 Jun 2023,40 mins
Disco and drama: The story of Ride on Time
Worldwide fame came at a moral price for an Italian DJ who made a huge 1980s dance hit
26 Jun 2023,40 mins
Finding a life in the sunshine: Being Roy Ayers’ son
Nabil Ayers unearthed an unexpected family history through his famous father Roy Ayers
24 Jun 2023,26 mins