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Making movies helped me heal after my dad's murder
Rwandan director Joël Karekezi explores trauma he experienced during the 1994 genocide
30 Apr 2022,26 mins
The teenager pilot who flew around the world
Zara Rutherford broke records in her microlight - and more stories of teenage pioneers
28 Apr 2022,40 mins
'A little bit Indiana Jones'
The archaeologist who risked his life for a mysterious prehistoric artefact
27 Apr 2022,40 mins
The champion boxer without a country to fight for
Boxer Bilal Fawaz was trafficked to the UK from Nigeria as a teenager
26 Apr 2022,40 mins
The dancing prodigy who became Prince’s greatest muse
Mayte Garcia was Prince’s first wife and one of his biggest musical inspirations
25 Apr 2022,40 mins
Saving the songs of the Sahara
The defiant life of desert music pioneer Fadimata Walet Oumar
23 Apr 2022,26 mins
Surviving apartheid to make maritime history
Captain Knowledge Bengu led the voyage to discover Shackleton's lost ship Endurance
21 Apr 2022,40 mins
Book by book, restoring an iconic library destroyed by IS
Dr Alaa Hamdon dreamt of replacing thousands of books burnt by militants in Mosul, Iraq
20 Apr 2022,40 mins
England's secret cowboy town
The town of Laredo is filled with cowboys and saloons in the style of the Wild West
19 Apr 2022,40 mins
The dark truth behind my songs
A murder-suicide devastated Allison Moorer’s youth but now inspires her country music
18 Apr 2022,40 mins
The violin maker's salvation
Hans Benning found love through repairing the world's most priceless stringed instruments
16 Apr 2022,26 mins
Discovering my mother's heroic past
A box of letters revealed the secret and extraordinary life of Eva Taylor's mother
14 Apr 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
13 Apr 2022,40 mins
The astronaut who made a quilt in Space
Astronaut Dr Karen Nyberg launched a sewing project from the International Space Station
12 Apr 2022,40 mins
The drag queen who ran for president of the United States
Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis
11 Apr 2022,40 mins
A Syrian love story that started with a resume
The social media call out for CV advice that resulted in an online wedding
09 Apr 2022,26 mins
Drawing is my language: the artist who recreates cities from memory
Austistic savant Stephen Wiltshire has a gift for drawing the world in perfect detail
07 Apr 2022,40 mins
How my father’s stories shielded me from civil war
When war came to Liberia, Wayètu Moore’s dad was determined to protect her from reality
06 Apr 2022,40 mins
Escaping a life on a dumpsite with classical music
Simon Karuiki Ndungu grew up in a slum scavenging for rubbish. Music was his ticket
05 Apr 2022,40 mins
I created a mass Marilyn Monroe swim for my mother
How dressing up as the Hollywood icon helped Sarah Tinney cope after her mother’s death
04 Apr 2022,40 mins
How did this man find two lost Rembrandts?
Jan Six is an art dealer whose ancestor was painted by the Dutch Master Rembrandt
02 Apr 2022,26 mins
Dressing Beyoncé: It started with a Barbie outfit
Artist Osman Yousefzada's love of clothes came from watching his mum sew for neighbours
31 Mar 2022,40 mins
The sisters reuniting separated siblings at camp
Lynn Price and Andi Andree didn't find out they were sisters until the ages of 8 and 9
30 Mar 2022,40 mins
I’m a disaster expert – and it helped me get through my own
Disaster recovery expert Lucy Easthope used her skills to cope with personal tragedy
29 Mar 2022,40 mins
My mum Poly Styrene, a punk icon
Poly Styrene brought her distinctive voice and neon outfits to the 1970s punk scene
28 Mar 2022,40 mins
Surviving gay conversion therapy
Raised in a religious family, Garrard Conley was forced into ‘therapy’ to turn straight
26 Mar 2022,26 mins
Punk against apartheid
National Wake were South Africa's first multi-racial punk band
24 Mar 2022,40 mins
The boy band heartthrob who dreamed of writing Viking novels
Giles Kristian competed with thousands to become the frontman of 90s boy band Upside Down
23 Mar 2022,40 mins
Rohan Marley: Bob’s rebel son
Bob Marley's son Rohan on his famous dad, playing American football, and Rastafarianism
22 Mar 2022,40 mins
I survived an avalanche, but the real challenge came after
Joe Yelverton's life changed in an instant when he was hit by an avalanche in Alaska
21 Mar 2022,40 mins