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'If you cut out part of my brain am I still Jody?'
Brain surgery cured Jody Smith's seizures and there were other surprising side effects
06 Sep 2021,40 mins
Disco and drama: The story of Ride On Time
Worldwide fame came at a moral price for an Italian DJ who made a huge 1980s dance hit
04 Sep 2021,26 mins
Helping refugees saved my life
At 28, Kon Karapanagiotidis started a charity that would become a lifeline for thousands
02 Sep 2021,40 mins
From Gaza to Nasa: A space odyssey
Palestinian Loay Elbasyouni was part of the team that launched a helicopter from Mars
01 Sep 2021,40 mins
Trapped in a 'metal coffin' on the ocean floor
In 1988, 22 sailors were trapped in the submarine Pacocha with limited oxygen
31 Aug 2021,40 mins
The many lives of chef Erin French
From rehab to 10,000 reservations, chef Erin French was determined to reclaim her life
30 Aug 2021,40 mins
The 80s song that brought back my memories
A car accident wiped all of Thomas Leeds' memories and he had to start again
28 Aug 2021,26 mins
We left as kayakers and came back as dissidents
Andrzej and Jacek escaped Communist Poland on an adventure. Life would never be the same
26 Aug 2021,40 mins
The secret link between two gymnasts
Jennifer Bricker was born without legs and idolised Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu
25 Aug 2021,40 mins
Undercover in a nursing home at the age of 83
Sergio Chamy was in for a shock when he answered a job advert for men in their 70s to 90s
24 Aug 2021,40 mins
The joy of skiing blind
Blind skier Mike Brace has dedicated his life to Paralympic sport
23 Aug 2021,40 mins
The painful secret I hid from my twin
When Alex lost his memories his identical twin helped him restore them, or some of them
21 Aug 2021,26 mins
Why I gave my sister my womb
Lolita Wästerlund was born without a uterus, so her sister Linda offered up hers
19 Aug 2021,40 mins
Danny Trejo: The ex-con who cracked Hollywood
He’s played the tough guy in a long list of films but in his 20s faced the death penalty
18 Aug 2021,40 mins
Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - part two
Jari Hannu Bouillon was a baby when he went from a Finnish orphanage to a French castle
17 Aug 2021,40 mins
Josephine Baker: My mother, the superstar singer and spy - part one
Josephine Baker adopted 12 children from around the world – Jari was one of them
16 Aug 2021,40 mins
The mountain between us
How two climbers became connected after a fateful expedition on a mountain in Tibet
14 Aug 2021,26 mins
I found the Titanic during a top-secret Cold War mission
For 70 years people searched for the wreck of the Titanic. Then came Robert Ballard
12 Aug 2021,40 mins
The improbable rise of Europe’s 'Tofu King'
How German vegetarian Bernard Drosihn took on the ‘meat police’ and won
11 Aug 2021,40 mins
I changed my name to change my life
Hakeem Oluseyi beat drug addiction and dropped his old name to become a star scientist
10 Aug 2021,40 mins
Tarantulas, Gandalf and my dying brother's bucket list
Royd Tolkien’s brother Mike left him a daring list of tasks to complete after he died
09 Aug 2021,40 mins
Discovering my sister's inner world
A story of sisterly love, migration and art
07 Aug 2021,26 mins
I saw a smile on the suicide bomber's face
In 2006 a suicide truck bomb left Iraqi teenager Qusay Hussein severely injured and blind
05 Aug 2021,40 mins
The criminal double life of a stage actor
Jack Charles is a venerated Aboriginal Australian actor, but he once had an addiction.
04 Aug 2021,40 mins
The Omani football nerd who went from player to pundit
How Rumaitha Al Busaidi became the first female football commentator in the Arab world
03 Aug 2021,40 mins
Helping the drug addict who stole my dog to get into rehab
When Brayden Morton found the woman who stole his dog, he was determined to help her.
02 Aug 2021,40 mins
What Susan did on Death Row
Susan Kigula led a choir, got a degree and changed Ugandan law as she waited to be hanged
31 Jul 2021,26 mins
'Horses saved my life' - how a boy from West Philly made polo history
A chance discovery catapulted Kareem Rosser into the elite world of polo.
29 Jul 2021,40 mins
The 80s song that brought back my memories
A car accident wiped all of Thomas Leeds' memories and he had to start again
28 Jul 2021,40 mins
I was the sole survivor of a plane crash at the age of 11
Stranded on a mountain, a young Norman Ollestad had to find a way to survive alone
27 Jul 2021,40 mins