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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
Why my parents sent my brothers to live in North Korea
When Yonghi Yang was six, her parents made a choice the family have lived with ever since
30 Nov 2021,40 mins
The choir without vocal cords
The Belgian chorister-turned-doctor who conducts a choir for people without vocal cords
29 Nov 2021,40 mins
Pollen detective: Forensics’ secret weapon
Patricia Wiltshire uses her deep knowledge of plants to help police solve serious crime
27 Nov 2021,26 mins
The bionic gloves that brought music back to me
Joao Carlos Martins thought he'd never play piano again, then he was gifted bionic gloves
25 Nov 2021,40 mins
My anonymous teen story became a playground sensation
In 2005, schoolgirl Jade LB uploaded a story to her blog, which took on a life of its own
24 Nov 2021,40 mins
Matt Goss: Life and loss in a superstar boy band
The Bros lead singer on fame, fans, and what happened after the pop bubble burst
23 Nov 2021,40 mins
The Jewish prisoner, the treasure hunters and the secret diary
Menachem Kaiser’s family quest led to a top-secret underground Nazi city
22 Nov 2021,40 mins
Fighting the apartheid my grandfather created
Wilhelm Verwoerd’s grandfather was the prime minister of South Africa in the 1960s
20 Nov 2021,26 mins
I still believe I'm lucky even after breaking my neck
Ed Jackson almost died after he mistakenly dived into the shallow end of a swimming pool
18 Nov 2021,40 mins
Harvard Law School’s first Deafblind graduate
While Haben Girma was at Harvard she developed new technology to help her communicate
17 Nov 2021,40 mins
Hostage, part 2: Escape across the sand dunes
Canadian Edith Blais is reunited with Luca and they plot an ambitious escape
16 Nov 2021,40 mins