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Banned from voting for my wife, so we changed the law
Desmond and Sheena Meade’s historic battle to give ex-felons the right to vote in Florida
12 Jul 2021,40 mins
Trapped in a "metal coffin" on the ocean floor
42 metres down on the seabed with 22 sailors inside: the story of the submarine Pacocha
10 Jul 2021,26 mins
A plane crash left me lost in the Amazon
Brazilian pilot Antônio Sena survived 36 days alone after crashing into dense rainforest
08 Jul 2021,40 mins
Stories from Syria's secret library
Under siege: how a group of friends risked everything to create a literary sanctuary
07 Jul 2021,40 mins
Rugby star Gareth Thomas: Strong, vulnerable and HIV+
Rugby legend Gareth Thomas was blackmailed and lived in fear before revealing he was HIV+
06 Jul 2021,40 mins
My unknown song became a political anthem in Hong Kong
A phone alert revealed Matthew Keegan had become an overnight pop star 5,000 miles away
05 Jul 2021,40 mins
I ran with the men, and changed history
Kathrine Switzer was attacked for running in the men-only 1967 Boston Marathon
03 Jul 2021,26 mins
The siege and the cat that saved my life
Amra Sabic El-Rayess turned 16 as Bosnia Herzegovnia plunged into civil war
01 Jul 2021,40 mins
Making friends with the man who stole my paintings
Artist Barbora Kysilkova formed an unlikely friendship after the theft of her paintings
30 Jun 2021,40 mins
Life as the UK's first black TV reporter
Broadcasting legend Sir Trevor McDonald looks back on his life and career
29 Jun 2021,40 mins
Discovering my sister's inner world
A story of sisterly love, migration and art
28 Jun 2021,40 mins
Fire, ice and thunder: A chase on the high seas
Taking down the Thunder, the world's most notorious poaching ship
26 Jun 2021,26 mins
My life collecting the folk songs of Iraq
How vocalist Sa'di al-Hadithi is preserving Iraqi folk music for posterity
24 Jun 2021,40 mins
I survived Chechnya's 'gay purge'
Amin Dzhabrailov escaped his homeland after being kidnapped and tortured
23 Jun 2021,40 mins
My mother, India’s forgotten disco diva
Rupa Biswas Sen’s long-lost Indian disco record became an underground hit after 30 years
22 Jun 2021,40 mins
Hunting 'The Serpent': The diplomat turned detective
An unlikely investigator on the trail of serial killer Charles Sobhraj
21 Jun 2021,40 mins
Frank Sinatra's Australian showdown
When Ol’ Blue Eyes made Australia see red
19 Jun 2021,26 mins
A top Iranian chess umpire and her impossible decision
Shohreh Bayat was one of Asia’s top chess umpires until she was faced with an ultimatum
17 Jun 2021,40 mins
We bought the wrong house at auction
Cal and Claire tried to buy a flat, but ended up with a wrecked manor in rural Scotland
16 Jun 2021,40 mins
The quiet Louisiana grandma who became an environmental warrior
Sharon Lavigne campaigned to stop a plastics factory being built in her riverside parish
15 Jun 2021,40 mins
Andy Cole: Goals, glory and the battle for his life
Manchester United star Andy Cole went from top scorer to transplant survivor
14 Jun 2021,40 mins,
The spies in my house
Confronting the Stasi agent who watched me for fifteen years
12 Jun 2021,26 mins
‘Aids Angel’ – I gave love in a time of prejudice and fear
Ruth Coker Burks cared for hundreds of HIV+ gay men abandoned by their families
10 Jun 2021,40 mins
The doctor treating children 8000 miles away
Afghan refugee Meena Said is saving the lives of children in her homeland
09 Jun 2021,40 mins
Saving the songs of the Sahara
The defiant life of desert music pioneer Fadimata Walet Oumar
08 Jun 2021,44 mins
Keeping up with Australia's rebellious Buddhist nun
Robina Courtin went from being a radical feminist to martial arts expert to Buddhist nun
07 Jun 2021,44 mins
How I sang for my freedom
Banned songs and fake identities: the Kurdish performer on the run
05 Jun 2021,26 mins
The perilous world of a ‘cult deprogrammer’ – part two
Rick Alan Ross’ work as an anti-cult activist has led to jail, bankruptcy and harassment
03 Jun 2021,40 mins
The perilous world of a ‘cult deprogrammer’ – part one
Rick Alan Ross went from selling cars to trying to rescue people from cults
02 Jun 2021,40 mins
Nxivm 'sex cult' part two: The fight to free my daughter
How Catherine Oxenberg rescued her daughter India and defeated Nxivm’s cult leader
01 Jun 2021,44 mins