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The spy who pretended to be homeless
Tom Marcus went undercover as a homeless man to stop extremist attacks in Britain
19 Oct 2021,40 mins
‘Born lucky’: Escaping the Khmer Rouge
Sieu Do’s idyllic childhood took a brutal turn when he found himself in a labour camp
18 Oct 2021,40 mins
The uncomfortable truth hidden in my DNA
Former policeman Hiram Johnson's quest to solve a family mystery
16 Oct 2021,26 mins
The man who (re)painted the Mona Lisa
Adebanji Alade recreated a masterpiece - but he's never seen the real thing
14 Oct 2021,40 mins
Thai cave doctor: 'I feared I'd killed them'
Richard Harris anaesthetised the trapped boys believing they had no chance of survival
13 Oct 2021,40 mins
Agent Orange: A Vietnamese grandmother's last battle
Tran To Nga is fighting to get compensation for victims of the toxic herbicide
12 Oct 2021,40 mins
The Somali prisoner, the secret language and the life-saving book
Mohamed Barud’s fellow prisoner tapped out Tolstoy's Anna Karenina through his cell wall
11 Oct 2021,40 mins
The inside story of a Muslim drag queen
Amrou al-Kadhi on their complex identity - Muslim, gay, non-binary drag queen
09 Oct 2021,26 mins
'The camera was my shield' - a refugee films his journey
The footage Hassan Akkad captured would help make his name as a film-maker
07 Oct 2021,40 mins
Protests, prison and the day I met Assad
Hassan Akkad is a Syrian filmmaker who risked his life documenting the uprising
06 Oct 2021,40 mins
My teacher became my torturer
Mirsad Solakovic was just 13 when his teacher came to school and pointed a gun at him
05 Oct 2021,40 mins
The immigration lawyer who hid her undocumented past
Qian Julie Wang started working on immigration cases and faced a life-changing dilemma
04 Oct 2021,40 mins
Addicted to my son's addiction
David and Nic Sheff, whose struggle with addiction inspired the film Beautiful Boy
02 Oct 2021,26 mins
A footballing legend's gambling secret
How Steph Shilton saved husband Peter from a 45-year addiction
30 Sep 2021,40 mins
Flipper’s trainer turned dolphin saviour
When star dolphin Flipper died, her trainer Ric O’Barry turned to activism
29 Sep 2021,40 mins
Finding healing in the sea that took my family
Geraldine Mullan swims to remember her family who died when their car veered into the sea
27 Sep 2021,40 mins
The heavy metal boys from the dump
The heavy metal band who grew up on Cambodia's biggest rubbish dump
25 Sep 2021,26 mins
The sinking of a pirate radio ship
Nick Richards was a DJ with an offshore radio station, but the ship was falling apart
23 Sep 2021,40 mins
I hit puberty, then burned down my family home
As a teenager Nikki Owen's mental health and behaviour quickly spiralled out of control
22 Sep 2021,40 mins
Shipwrecks and Cardi B: Stories from behind the piano
Three pianists tell their stories - surviving a shipwreck, tiny toys and a viral virtuoso
21 Sep 2021,40 mins
I stole a safe, and faced the dilemma of my life
The burglar who discovered a terrible crime - but risked life in prison if he reported it
20 Sep 2021,40 mins
The first beauty queen in a free South Africa
Basetsana Kumalo was crowned Miss South Africa after the country's first democratic vote
18 Sep 2021,26 mins
The epic road trip that taught me how to live again
After surviving cancer in her twenties, Suleika Jaouad felt she'd forgotten how to live.
16 Sep 2021,40 mins
The crazy things we do for love
The first date that ended in a dramatic mountain rescue.
15 Sep 2021,40 mins
Why this Covid doctor hid his homeless past
Emmanuel Taban, a former street kid now recognised for his life-saving medical work
14 Sep 2021,40 mins
The murder case that started a cyber sleuth revolution
Todd Matthews became obsessed with identifying 'Tent Girl,' a decades-old unsolved crime
13 Sep 2021,40 mins
The secretaries who inspired the hit movie 9 to 5
Karen Nussbaum is the co-founder of 9to5, a movement that gave rise to a box office smash
11 Sep 2021,26 mins
Escaping after an IS massacre
Ali Hussein Kadhim was a captured Iraqi soldier who narrowly avoided execution
09 Sep 2021,40 mins
I ran away from slavery; now I help others escape
Analiza Guevarra escaped abuse but can’t return to her family in the Philippines
08 Sep 2021,40 mins
The schoolgirl fraudster who found redemption in ballroom
Shannon Balenciaga discovered the underground ball scene in prison – and became a legend
07 Sep 2021,40 mins