Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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Outlook Mixtape: In the club
The Ukrainian who's become a sumo champ in Japan and other stunning breakthrough stories
19 Dec 2025,40 mins
A sisterhood of spies: how I was recruited aged 53
In 1982, in the Falklands War, Ruth Morton was recruited to spy on Argentine submarines
18 Dec 2025,40 mins
A jailhouse lawyer’s 28-year quest to prove his innocence
If you were wrongfully imprisoned, how far would you go to re-gain your freedom?
17 Dec 2025,40 mins
The thrills and spills of Hollywood's smallest stuntman
Frodo, Superman and Star Wars: Kiran Shah on his unlikely tumble into Hollywood
16 Dec 2025,40 mins
Tulisa: I wanted fame, but it almost destroyed me
Tulisa Contostavlos survived betrayal and a tabloid sting
15 Dec 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Double acts...with a twist
Teams of two that work together to achieve the remarkable
12 Dec 2025,40 mins
Shot out of the sky: My photo exposed a US political scandal
Lou Dematteis' photo was a catalyst in the unravelling of a CIA cover-up
11 Dec 2025,40 mins
India's cop-turned-artist whose Mum is his muse
Ex-policeman Cop Shiva turns his childhood memories into fantastical portraits
10 Dec 2025,40 mins
Secrets, lies and a child lost in Lollywood
Deeba was a child star of Pakistani cinema, but behind the success was a cruel deception
09 Dec 2025,40 mins
I was a nun, the late Pope helped me support trans women
Despite having friends in high places Monica Astorga’s mission was never easy
08 Dec 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A day at the races
The first woman to win the Mongol Derby, the blind runner and Egypt's female rally driver
05 Dec 2025,40 mins
Annie Ernaux: ‘My mum burned my teenage diaries’
The shopkeeper’s daughter who won the Nobel Prize for her fearless, taboo-breaking writing
04 Dec 2025,40 mins
The pioneer senator rewriting the rules in Ireland
Eileen Flynn has fought prejudice to become the first Irish Traveller in the senate
03 Dec 2025,40 mins
Svetlana Alexievich: Tell the whole truth
Two writers chronicling life on the margins, from Soviet collapse to rural India
02 Dec 2025,40 mins
The gay Kenyan boyband star who refused to be defeated
When singer Willis Chimano was outed, the exposure threatened to derail his entire life
01 Dec 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Unseen yet powerful
People improving our lives with their invisible technologies
28 Nov 2025,40 mins
My private trauma was leaked to the press - so I fought back
Jenny helped expose a national scandal after her police testimony appeared in a newspaper
27 Nov 2025,40 mins
The human cannonball family
David 'Cannonball Smith' made history being fired out of a cannon - now his kids do it too
26 Nov 2025,40 mins
Ash Atalla and The Office: how I started a TV phenomenon
The award-winning TV producer on the pitch that brought him global success
25 Nov 2025,40 mins
Lee Miller’s secret lives made it hard for her to be my mum
Antony Penrose’s mother didn’t talk about her war work; he found out why after she died
24 Nov 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The butterfly effect
A kaleidoscope of stories where the flap of tiny wings sparks a hurricane of emotions
21 Nov 2025,40 mins
The artist-adventurer who paints in extreme conditions
Artist Tony Foster treks to remote locations to paint the world’s wildest landscapes
20 Nov 2025,40 mins
Miriam Toews: A loud voice in a town once ruled by silence
How the author used her strict Mennonite upbringing to tell its unspoken stories
19 Nov 2025,40 mins
The US twins who built their dream anime studio in Japan
Arthell Isom left the US for Tokyo to work with his hero and fulfil a childhood pact
18 Nov 2025,40 mins
The ‘rebel’ teenager Franco tried to silence
Mariona was one of thousands of women locked up in a convent for defying a dictator
17 Nov 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Heavens above
A galaxy of personal stories which might lead you to see the sky in a whole new way
14 Nov 2025,40 mins
The poet carving a place in a quieter world
Diagnosed with deafness aged six, Raymond Antrobus found an outlet through his poetry
13 Nov 2025,40 mins
The self-taught forensic artist who helps capture criminals
Lois Gibson turns witness memories into sketches that have helped solve over 1000 crimes
12 Nov 2025,40 mins
The award-winning Aboriginal author who gives her prize money away
Melissa Lucashenko discovered her Bundjalung heritage as a teen - and began to write
11 Nov 2025,40 mins
How Paramore’s singer revived her grandad’s lost album
Grandpa Rusty nurtured Hayley Williams’ musical dreams – now, she’s returning the favour
10 Nov 2025,40 mins