Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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Outlook Mixtape: Bedtime Stories
Magic rivers, a storytelling granny, and the origins of a children's classic
03 Apr 2026,44 mins
Alone in the Pacific on the upturned hull of my boat
Australian Tom Robinson set out on a solo record-breaking ocean crossing aged 23
02 Apr 2026,40 mins
I started throat singing in the shower and found fame
A cassette of Inuit throat singing inspired Tanya Tagaq to transform an ancient tradition
01 Apr 2026,40 mins
How I found the community I love
Durell Knights was young, gay and Black in a city under the shadow of the Aids epidemic
31 Mar 2026,40 mins
I managed 'Britain's worst football team' to chase my dream
Football-obsessed Shadab Ifitikhar wanted to be the world's best manager...by any means
30 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Thunder and lightning
A high-seas hunt for the Thunder and a jazz musician who was struck by lightning
27 Mar 2026,40 mins
X-Cetra: How our pre-teen record became an unlikely hit
In 2000, four best friends made an album, just for fun. 25 years later, it was a classic
26 Mar 2026,40 mins
Strangers to coworkers to friends to... sisters?
Cassandra and Julia were uncannily alike. A chance gift revealed a past neither expected
24 Mar 2026,40 mins
Why I love counselling cult survivors
Dr Gillie Jenkinson counsels people who’ve just left cults, as she once did too
23 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: On your bike
Cycling to find love, redemption and a university education
20 Mar 2026,40 mins
The fighter pilot who saved 148 lives
Fighter pilot Tammie Jo Shults calmy landed a passenger plane saving 148 people on board
19 Mar 2026,40 mins
The street kid who built a boxing academy
Tobias Mupfuti learned boxing while homeless – now he trains young fighters in Zimbabwe
18 Mar 2026,40 mins
Speaking Scots helped me find my voice – and millions listen
Award-winning Scottish poet Len Pennie began writing to improve her mental health
17 Mar 2026,40 mins
Scarpetta: Creating the hero I needed as a child
The painful past behind writer Patricia Cornwell’s crime‑fighting icon
16 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Friday the 13th
Tales of misfortune and horror to mark Friday the 13th
13 Mar 2026,40 mins
A riot in a shopping cart: the race that inspired an artist
Murray Siple was drawn to speed and risk-takers. An injury opened his eyes to a new world
12 Mar 2026,40 mins
Vampires in Lollywood: The 40-year hunt for the desi Dracula
Zinda Laash was Pakistan’s first ever horror film – but then it just disappeared
11 Mar 2026,40 mins
Just row with it: 139 days at sea, three brothers, one ocean
A philosopher, a craftsman and an engineer try to row 9,000 miles across the Pacific
10 Mar 2026,40 mins
A boy named ‘stand up’ and his battle to take down a statue
Simukai means 'stand-up' – and he does, against the legacy of colonialism
09 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The birds and the bees
Four tales from our archive about birds, bees, and falling in love
06 Mar 2026,40 mins
Why a British band toured war-torn Ukraine, twice
Hardwicke Circus skirted curfews and air-raid sirens to rock out with Ukrainians
05 Mar 2026,40 mins
I learnt to fly a spaceship in just nine weeks
Astronaut Edward Lu's journey from flight engineer to asteroid hunter
04 Mar 2026,40 mins
The rediscovered tapes of an electronic music pioneer
Beverly Glenn-Copeland found fame in his 70s after his long-lost record became a cult hit
03 Mar 2026,40 mins
Secret letters from a Venetian palazzo
Writer Andrea di Robilant on coded letters that shaped his family’s fortunes
02 Mar 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Heavy Metal
Extraordinary stories about people who dig metal - in all its forms
27 Feb 2026,40 mins
Hercules: The grizzly bear who became family
Maggie Robin raised a bear cub who grew into an extraordinary companion
26 Feb 2026,40 mins
Music was my salvation: the homeless man and the piano
Francois was homeless when he learned to play a train station piano from scratch
25 Feb 2026,40 mins
Sects, lies and videotape: a Syrian story, part 2
Accused of spying in rebel-held Syria, Loubna Mrie faces peril and a shattering loss
24 Feb 2026,40 mins
Sects, lies and videotape: A Syrian story, part 1
Loubna Mrie secretly filmed Syria’s uprising, despite her family’s loyalty to the regime
23 Feb 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Daredevils
People who live on the edge and wouldn't have it any other way
20 Feb 2026,40 mins