True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4417 episodes
German artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can’t recognise faces, not even her own
22 Apr 2020,·40 mins
Trauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she’s sharing her skills on TV
21 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Jim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers
20 Apr 2020,·44 mins
New England Patriots star Ryan O'Callaghan used football as a cover for his sexuality
18 Apr 2020,·26 mins
It began when Holly Fitzgerald and her husband Fitz’s plane crash-landed in Peru…
16 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Tony Cicoria developed an obsession with classical music after he was struck by lightning
15 Apr 2020,·40 mins
How diver Cliff Devries got back in the water after being paralysed from the neck down
14 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Psychologist Claire Guest had a special bond with her dog that may have saved her life
13 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare
11 Apr 2020,·26 mins
Rob Gore is a doctor working with coronavirus patients in New York
09 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Catherine Cho had been a mother for two months when she experienced post-partum psychosis
08 Apr 2020,·40 mins
Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old.
07 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Nigel Owens survived a suicide attempt before accepting his sexuality and finding success
06 Apr 2020,·44 mins
John Corcoran worked as a teacher for 17 years even though he couldn’t read
04 Apr 2020,·26 mins
Cliff Morrison pioneered a new way to care for Aids patients as a nurse in San Francisco
02 Apr 2020,·44 mins
Hatice Cengiz was engaged to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when his death shocked the world
01 Apr 2020,·40 mins
Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups
31 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Marzia Salam Yaftali on dealing with the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus
30 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons
28 Mar 2020,·26 mins
Pianist Kim Cheol-woong defected after being interrogated for playing a western song
26 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Jennifer Hosten became the first black Miss World at a particularly historical ceremony
25 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord
24 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Figen Murray's son Martyn was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017
23 Mar 2020,·44 mins
Hans Benning found love through his work repairing the world's most priceless instruments
21 Mar 2020,·26 mins
José Gregorio Márquez won a love letter contest - with a letter to his neighbourhood
19 Mar 2020,·53 mins
83-year-old Pino Pagani is a radio presenter in the virus-hit town of Codogno
18 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Kia Scherr lost her husband and child in the 2008 Mumbai attacks - she grieved with love
17 Mar 2020,·53 mins
Nurse Stephen Asante helps patients in remote areas - who are sometimes chained to trees
16 Mar 2020,·53 mins
The social media call out for CV advice that resulted in an online wedding
14 Mar 2020,·26 mins
BBC Inspirations 2016 nominee Isaac Nabwana is known as 'Uganda's Tarantino'
12 Mar 2020,·53 mins
