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Gangs, raids and a mum undercover: The search for my daughter
Susana Trimarco infiltrated Argentina’s sexual slavery rings to look for Marita Verón
11 May 2023,40 mins
Intergenerational: Two stories of heritage lost and found
A playwright in search of the truth about his father; and a musician’s lockdown discovery
10 May 2023,40 mins
The Biospherians: Why we were sealed in a giant dome
Biosphere 2 was one of the most controversial human experiments of the 20th century
09 May 2023,40 mins
A dad’s loss and a son’s vision – our LA riots film
How Justin convinced his dad to act again and capture a Korean story of the LA riots
08 May 2023,40 mins
The Cuban dad who became a lifeline for Chernobyl's children
Manuel Barriuso was a medical translator in an historic humanitarian operation
06 May 2023,26 mins
My fight to sail around the world at 14
Dutch sailor Laura Dekker and the legal battle and media storm that surrounded her voyage
04 May 2023,40 mins
The cassette tapes that let me hear my abducted parents' voices
Paula Mónaco Felipe was days old when her parents were taken by the Argentine military
03 May 2023,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 2
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
02 May 2023,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 1
Sue Dobson was a white South African who risked her life as an ANC secret agent
01 May 2023,40 mins
Delia Ephron: ‘I fell into my own romantic comedy’
How writer Delia Ephron found herself in a love story like her hit film You’ve Got Mail
29 Apr 2023,26 mins
Grandma at the Grammys: From seamstress to singing star at 80
Abuela Irma Silva’s folksong duets with her grandson Jorge led to unexpected success
27 Apr 2023,40 mins
Legends and lies: The perilous life of an undercover cop
Creating convincing characters was a survival skill Liam Thomas learned as a little boy
26 Apr 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
25 Apr 2023,40 mins
I ran with the men, and changed history
Kathrine Switzer was attacked for running in the men-only 1967 Boston Marathon
24 Apr 2023,40 mins
A footballing legend's secret addiction
How Steph Shilton saved husband Peter from a 45-year gambling addiction
22 Apr 2023,26 mins
‘I have to stop it’: The hero of the Club Q shooting
US veteran Richard Fierro faced his biggest test when a shooter threatened his family
20 Apr 2023,40 mins
'That would be my freedom, that would be my escape'
John Büültjens' BMX bike helped free him from the scars of a traumatic childhood
19 Apr 2023,40 mins
Tanzania’s hip-hop politician
Joseph Mbilinyi pioneered Swahili rap and then turned to politics, but ended up in jail
18 Apr 2023,40 mins
The Ukrainian opera singer nearly silenced by a bullet
Serhii Ivanchuk dreamed of stardom, before he was shot in the chest by Russian soldiers
17 Apr 2023,40 mins
The shocking truth about my three dads
DNA tests revealed that Eve Wiley's biological father was not the man she thought
15 Apr 2023,26 mins
The master of disaster
What Randall Bell learned about trauma from the world’s most infamous crime scenes
13 Apr 2023,40 mins
Becoming Blair 'the Flair': a boxer on the run, part 2
Back in the US Blair Cobbs’ boxing dream seems out of reach. Will he get a lucky break?
12 Apr 2023,40 mins
Becoming Blair 'the Flair': A boxer on the run, part 1
From Beverly Hills to hiding from the law with his dad, Blair Cobbs has seen it all
11 Apr 2023,40 mins
Detainee EML019: My escape from Manus
How Prison Break – his favourite TV show – inspired Jaivet Ealom’s daring bid for freedom
10 Apr 2023,40 mins
The immigration lawyer who hid her undocumented past
Qian Julie Wang started working on immigration cases and faced a dilemma
08 Apr 2023,26 mins
The runaway child bride who changed a village
Dorcas Zoogah resisted child marriage and now helps other young women do the same
06 Apr 2023,40 mins
I was surfing world champion but no one knew my name
Pauline Menczer won her title in 1993 with the odds stacked against her in every way
05 Apr 2023,40 mins
My life in seven swimming pools
Amjed’s determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build
04 Apr 2023,40 mins
Mia, myself and I - the secret I kept until 60
California’s first trans trial lawyer Mia Yamamoto on waiting a lifetime to be herself
03 Apr 2023,40 mins
My history-making solo flight around the world
Ademilola “Lola” Odujinrin became the first African pilot to fly solo around the world
01 Apr 2023,26 mins