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The daring prison escape of an Argentine footballer
Claudio Tamburrini used bed sheets and a metal bolt to escape imprisonment and torture
03 May 2021,44 mins
I was the sole survivor of a plane crash
Stranded on a mountain, 11-year-old Norman Ollestad had to find a way to survive alone
01 May 2021,26 mins
My mother’s fake name and secret past
Justine Cowan's English mother invented a fictional childhood
29 Apr 2021,44 mins
I became a supermodel overnight and didn't know
As a teenager, Lisa Ray took some photos in India that made her an instant sensation
28 Apr 2021,44 mins
From saving goals to saving lives
Former ice hockey star Clint Malarchuk nearly died three times, now he helps others
27 Apr 2021,44 mins
My mission to save the 'Russian spy whale'
Fisherman Joar Hesten is trying to help a whale rumoured to have escaped the Russian navy
26 Apr 2021,44 mins
My life as a millennial Yoruba priestess
Omitonade’s world of deities, divination, and mobile phones
24 Apr 2021,26 mins
Singing for my murdered sister helps me heal
Opera singer Joshua Hopkins' musical journey to deal with the grief of losing his sister
22 Apr 2021,44 mins
My 30-year fight for justice for my mum
Lee Lawrence was 11 when his mother was shot during a police raid on their home
21 Apr 2021,44 mins
The secret prison book written on toilet paper
Remembering the great Egyptian writer and feminist icon, Nawal el-Saadawi
20 Apr 2021,44 mins
Sin, sexuality and how Beyoncé became a lifeline
Writer Paul Mendez’s turbulent teenage life as a gay Jehovah’s Witness and RnB superfan
19 Apr 2021,44 mins
Bringing down a dictator
One lawyer’s perilous journey to bring a war criminal to justice
17 Apr 2021,26 mins
I was told I was the wrong colour to be a swan
Julie Felix says she was excluded from a ballet company because of the colour of her skin
15 Apr 2021,44 mins
Searching for a serial killer from my bedroom
Paul Haynes spent nearly a decade trying to catch the 'Golden State Killer'
14 Apr 2021,44 mins
The bowl of porridge that changed my life
Elizabeth Nyamayaro was saved from starvation as a child by a UN aid worker in Zimbabwe
13 Apr 2021,44 mins
The break-up that cost me my voice
The triumphant return of Shirley Collins, the 'first lady' of English folk
12 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: China’s dissident cartoonist
Badiucao's double life and the price of operating in secret
10 Apr 2021,26 mins
Secrets and Lies: Family secrets
Two very different stories of family secrets exposed
08 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: Imposters
The pop star and the 'fake heiress'
07 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: Fraudsters and forgers
The art of deception - two extraordinary stories
06 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: Messages hidden in music
A trio of tales with a musical note
05 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: The man who stole the President’s secrets
One writer risked prison to leak material about Uzbekistan's authoritarian former leader
03 Apr 2021,26 mins
Secrets and Lies: Lives lived in shame
Two stories of people who spent a lifetime denying who they were
01 Apr 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: The undercover operatives
Stories from a spy's daughter and Ghana's most famous undercover journalist
31 Mar 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: What my parent hid from me
Two stories involving parents who concealed life-changing secrets from their children
30 Mar 2021,44 mins
Secrets and Lies: Lives destroyed online
Two unnerving stories about how quickly lies can spread online
29 Mar 2021,44 mins
Spain's fearless barnacle-hunting sisters
Isabel and Susana González risk their lives to collect barnacles along Spain's coastline
27 Mar 2021,26 mins
The architect who lost his sight but gained a vision
Chris Downey went blind almost overnight, one month later he was back being an architect
25 Mar 2021,44 mins
From classical piano to rock stardom in Japan
Japanese rock star Yoshiki shares the personal story behind his songs
24 Mar 2021,44 mins
Abandoned at sea for three years
Sailor Vikash Mishra lived on a leaky cargo ship after its owners ran out of money
23 Mar 2021,44 mins