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The Sami vocalist taking joik to a new generation
Singer Maxida Märak uses Sami traditional song, called joik, to reach new audiences
12 Jan 2022,40 mins
Looking for the Liberian sister I left behind
Civil war separated Helene Cooper from her sister. Years later she went back to find her
11 Jan 2022,40 mins
The factory worker who became Chile's first blind senator
How a tear gas cannister changed the course of Fabiola Campillai’s life
10 Jan 2022,40 mins
A mother's battle for her son's education
At risk of losing her son Virginia Walden Ford fought to change the US education system.
08 Jan 2022,26 mins
A quizmaster’s accidental route to fame
How quizmaster Jay Flynn started the UK's most in-demand pub quiz by accident
06 Jan 2022,40 mins
The tip-off and the 30-year treasure hunt
A story told over drinks in the 1980s set two metal detectorists on a very long hunt
05 Jan 2022,40 mins
The shocking truth about my three dads
DNA tests revealed that Eve Wiley's biological father was not the man she thought
04 Jan 2022,40 mins
Kidnapped by Nazis as a baby
Ingrid Von Oelhafen discovered she'd been part of an experiment during World War II
03 Jan 2022,40 mins
Hamilton: Overcoming hearing loss to make its music
Alex Lacamoire collaborated with Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the epic sound of Hamilton
30 Dec 2021,40 mins
The break-up that cost me my voice
The triumphant return of Shirley Collins, the 'first lady' of English folk
29 Dec 2021,40 mins
My soldier dad's goodbye tape
How Tricia Davies Nearn got to know a father lost in war
28 Dec 2021,40 mins
The violinist hoping to unite North and South Korea
Won Hyung Joon dreams of bringing the Korean peninsula together through music
27 Dec 2021,40 mins
A star is gone: Judy Garland’s last act
Behind the scenes at Judy Garland’s final UK shows with the woman who got her on stage
25 Dec 2021,26 mins
Falling for the stranger who saved me
When Nupur Gupta found herself in trouble out at sea, Attila Bosnyak appeared at her side
23 Dec 2021,40 mins
Lessons in grief from the South African wilderness
Working as a wilderness guide helped Sicelo Mbatha confront the loss of his best friend
22 Dec 2021,40 mins
'We were going to hold our ground': Behind the lines of a Mohawk protest
Tracey Deer's community were involved in a 78-day siege with the Canadian government
21 Dec 2021,40 mins
Alaska: Drag, drugs and fighting the fame monster
Dream chasing and Drag Racing with Alaska 5000, and the restorative power of Catwoman
20 Dec 2021,40 mins
The family story that became a TV novela
A Brazilian tale of love, betrayal and revenge
18 Dec 2021,26 mins
The father and daughter finding closure after a plane crash
Gonzalo and Michelle Dussan were two of only four survivors of a plane crash in 1995
16 Dec 2021,40 mins
My sister Banaz - killed for loving the wrong man
Payzee Mahmod on the tragedy that broke her family and her campaign to end child marriage
15 Dec 2021,40 mins
I was blamed for the 9/11 attacks
Virginia Buckingham ran the Boston airport from which two of the hijacked planes took off
14 Dec 2021,40 mins
The unsung pioneer of reggae's golden age
How Leroy Sibbles of The Heptones created some of the most influential rhythms in reggae
13 Dec 2021,40 mins
The psychiatric nurse who overcame a life of addiction
From age 14 to 37 Anthony Brown was homeless and became addicted to drugs and alcohol
11 Dec 2021,26 mins
From 'half-nerd' to Hong Kong student leader
For democracy campaigner Nathan Law, the important thing is not to hate himself
09 Dec 2021,40 mins
My real-life Cuban dance romance
JoAnn Jansen learned to dance in the arms of a revolutionary – now she teaches film stars
08 Dec 2021,40 mins
The chicken who sailed the world
Guirec Soudée sailed around the world with just his chicken Monique for company
07 Dec 2021,40 mins
The cult, the crocodile and my journey back to love
Juliana Buhring's search for true love would catapult her into the record books
06 Dec 2021,40 mins
The 'deepest man on earth'
Herbert Nitsch broke the record for deepest free dive but fell asleep on the way back up
04 Dec 2021,26 mins
The teenager who baked her way out of a crisis
When Kitty Tait was struggling with her mental health, she opened a bakery
02 Dec 2021,40 mins
The Transy book heist
Inside the elaborate and oddball scheme to steal some of the world’s most valuable books
01 Dec 2021,40 mins