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How the girl who was denied an education created a school
As a girl Ashwini Angadi was turned away from school because of her visual impairment
13 Oct 2022,40 mins
I found my 'sister-in-arms' through a newspaper cutting
Canadians Leslie McBain and Petra Schulz united in grief after losing their sons to drugs
12 Oct 2022,40 mins
Hip-hop, lies, and the ultimate prize, part 2
Silibil N’ Brains found fame as fake American rappers - but how long can you live a lie?
11 Oct 2022,40 mins
Hip-hop, lies, and the ultimate prize, part 1
The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry
10 Oct 2022,40 mins
Who was the stranger who saved my life?
Sonia Solorzano spent years seeking the unknown man who rescued her from a destroyed bus
08 Oct 2022,26 mins
The backing singer who stepped out from the shadows
Merry Clayton, the voice behind Gimme Shelter, reveals why she was haunted by the song
06 Oct 2022,40 mins
I see my son in the Northern Lights
Hugo Sanchez photographs the mesmerising Aurora Borealis to grieve the loss of his son
05 Oct 2022,40 mins
How The Beatles inspired me to rock against Cuba’s regime
Inspired by The Fab Four, Nilo Nuñez set up a secret rock band in Communist Cuba
04 Oct 2022,40 mins
My Lego invention that silenced the bullies
Aged 17, David Aguilar built a record-breaking prosthetic that brought global recognition
03 Oct 2022,40 mins
The sailor and the pirate king
Indian sailor Sudeep Choudhury was kidnapped at gunpoint by pirates in the Niger Delta
01 Oct 2022,26 mins
Uncle Jack Charles, the story of an Indigenous film star
'Uncle Jack' was a pioneering actor, elder and champion of Aboriginal Australians
29 Sep 2022,40 mins
The girl who heckled the President
At 11 Zarifa heckled Hamid Karzai, by 24 she was Afghanistan's youngest female Mayor
28 Sep 2022,40 mins
Fate and faces: The artist who ‘sold stars’ to make a living
Lita Cabellut is successful Spanish painter but grew up on the streets of Barcelona
27 Sep 2022,40 mins
New York to Vietnam: The greatest beer run ever?
'Chickie' Donohue took beers across the world to boost his friends serving in Vietnam
26 Sep 2022,40 mins
The Oscar joke that turned into a real life drama
How a triumphant moment in Colin Gibson’s career inadvertently led to a false bomb scare
24 Sep 2022,26 mins
I didn't realise I was homeless
Filmmaker Elegance Bratton slept on the streets of New York and New Jersey for years
22 Sep 2022,40 mins
How Rennie Harris danced his way into the spotlight
Renowned choreographer Rennie Harris overcame stereotypes to bring hip-hop centre stage
21 Sep 2022,40 mins
The letter that brought my grandmother back to life
The Rwandan playwright whose search for her lost grandmother helped a nation heal
20 Sep 2022,40 mins
Survivor 195: Taking down Larry Nassar
Elite US gymnast Rachel Haines confronted predator Larry Nassar who abused her for years
20 Sep 2022,40 mins
India’s first all-women newsroom
How Dalit childhood friends Kavita and Meera are shaking up journalism in India
17 Sep 2022,26 mins
My children were injected with HIV
Jennifer Merry’s haemophiliac sons were infected by contaminated blood in a UK hospital.
15 Sep 2022,40 mins
My life as rock's first female roadie
Tana Douglas was rock's first female roadie but hid a monumental secret to fit in.
14 Sep 2022,40 mins
The brain tumour that taught me how to live
How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past
13 Sep 2022,40 mins
Ghana's first photojournalist who found fame in his 90s
James Barnor's work had fallen into obscurity but then came a big birthday present
12 Sep 2022,40 mins
The scavenger who found a brass symphony
A trombone took Ronald Kabuye from the streets of Kampala to a world-famous stage
10 Sep 2022,26 mins
Opiyo’s law: Never let fear rule your life, part 2
Trailblazing lawyer Nicholas Opiyo and his lifelong pursuit of justice in Uganda
08 Sep 2022,40 mins
Opiyo’s law: Never let fear rule your life, part 1
Nicholas Opiyo survived civil war to become one of Uganda’s top human rights lawyers
07 Sep 2022,40 mins
My family are sex workers - education saved me
Eliska Tanzer grew up illiterate in a family of sex workers, but defied all expectations
06 Sep 2022,40 mins
A head injury made me an overnight musical prodigy
Derek Amato had never played the piano before but now music was flowing out of him
05 Sep 2022,40 mins
Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes
Catherine Cho experienced postpartum psychosis a few months after her baby boy was born
03 Sep 2022,26 mins