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The celebrity DJ who fought addiction to feel music again
DJ Fat Tony dominated the club scene but when the Aids crisis hit, his world imploded
22 Jun 2023,40 mins
Bagpipe fever: One Nigerian's unlikely musical mission
How a teenage dream turned into a national revival
21 Jun 2023,40 mins
I witnessed schools get destroyed, now I build them
Mohamed Papa Bangura struggled to get an education during the civil war in Sierra Leone.
20 Jun 2023,40 mins
Donor 150, my mum and me
Chrysta Bilton always knew her family was ‘different’, the truth upended her life
19 Jun 2023,40 mins
The classical concert pianist - who has only one hand
Nicholas McCarthy built a career in music by playing with just his left hand
17 Jun 2023,26 mins
My 500 days alone in a cave
Beatriz Flamini took part in an experiment into the effects of extreme isolation
15 Jun 2023,40 mins
Hiding in plain sight: My family's secret
Rafael Agustin's 'all-American' life fell apart when he discovered he was undocumented
14 Jun 2023,40 mins
Indiana Jones: The kids who remade a blockbuster
In 1982 Mississippi two boys recreated a $22m film – on their pocket money
13 Jun 2023,40 mins
The Colombian tour guide and her Encanto fairy tale
When Disney came to Alejandra Uribe’s tour, she didn't realise she’d influence a hit film
12 Jun 2023,40 mins
How I discovered the Wood Wide Web
Suzanne Simard discovered how trees communicate underground
10 Jun 2023,26 mins
Schooled at sea: My chaotic voyage to university
Suzanne Heywood grew up sailing the world but longed for a formal education
08 Jun 2023,40 mins
'Don't anger the monster', part 2
Rowena Chiu was kept silent for 20 years by former film boss Harvey Weinstein
07 Jun 2023,40 mins
'Don't anger the monster', part 1
Rowena Chiu on surviving the Hollywood sexual predator Harvey Weinstein
06 Jun 2023,40 mins
Frieda and George: A love story
Poet and artist Frieda Hughes found a baby magpie in her garden and adopted him
05 Jun 2023,40 mins
Painfully honest: A brain surgeon looks back on his mistakes
Living with cancer has made Henry Marsh reflect on the people he could not save
03 Jun 2023,26 mins
Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 2
Self-defence is no offence: how anti-racist activist Tariq Mehmood made UK legal history
01 Jun 2023,40 mins
Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 1
Immigrant teen Tariq Mehmood led a movement to resist violent racism in 1970s Britain
31 May 2023,40 mins
From small-town America to playing in the UK's Premier League
Aged 22, Jay DeMerit moved to the UK to try to make it as a professional footballer
30 May 2023,40 mins
Sugar sandwiches and smarts: a poor kid's fairytale ending
Raised by addicts, Dr Katriona O'Sullivan defied the odds to become a university lecturer
29 May 2023,40 mins
Grandma at the Grammys: From seamstress to singer at 80
Abuela Irma Silva’s folksong duets with her grandson Jorge led to unexpected success
27 May 2023,26 mins
You must touch the art! Telling my story in dots
Age six Clarke Reynolds dreamt of his own exhibition. 35 years later it came true
25 May 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
24 May 2023,40 mins
Trinidad’s family-tree detective, and his Indian quest
Shamshu Deen has helped thousands trace their roots and reunite with distant relatives
23 May 2023,40 mins
Lola the bare-knuckle drag queen
Martial arts kept him out of jail, but drag artistry made him whole
22 May 2023,40 mins
The medical textbook that inspired me to flee my homeland
Waheed Arian left war-torn Afghanistan to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor.
20 May 2023,26 mins
I had a baby while leading the resistance from the mountains
Cecilia Oebanda was once famous as Commander Liway, a rebel leader in 1970s Philippines
18 May 2023,40 mins
The 'hyperactive listener' capturing the world around him
Andy Slater lost his sight in childhood and is now an award-winning sound artist
17 May 2023,40 mins
Revolution in a test tube: Inventing the home pregnancy test
In 1960s New York, Meg Crane fought for a pregnancy test women could do themselves
16 May 2023,40 mins
The Black pioneers of modern emergency medicine
John Moon joined a team of paramedics in the 60s who revolutionised the ambulance service
15 May 2023,40 mins
The master of disaster
What Randall Bell learned about trauma from the world’s most infamous crime scenes
13 May 2023,26 mins