True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.
World Service,·4418 episodes
Broadcasting legend Sir Trevor McDonald looks back on his life and career
07 Nov 2019,·53 mins
The epic search for the whale that landed on a filmmaker’s kayak and changed his life
06 Nov 2019,·53 mins
Amrou al-Kadhi on their complex identity - Muslim, gay, non-binary drag queen
05 Nov 2019,·53 mins
Tiki Finlayson forgave the woman who killed her son in a drink-driving accident
04 Nov 2019,·53 mins
Herbert Nitsch broke the record for deepest free dive but fell asleep on the way back up
02 Nov 2019,·26 mins
Cecil Rajendra set up the first legal aid clinics in shacks
31 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Jill Heinerth was exploring submerged frozen caves when crisis hit
30 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje joined a racist gang as a teenager for his own protection
29 Oct 2019,·53 mins
After a life of hiding his sexuality, former priest Stanley Underhill finally feels free
28 Oct 2019,·53 mins
How a poor boy who was abandoned by his mother grew up to grant children’s dying wishes
26 Oct 2019,·26 mins
It was a long road to the recording studio for Lebo M who wrote songs for the hit movie
24 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Sean Laidlaw rescued Barrie from Syria in 2018 and now she helps him to overcome his PTSD
23 Oct 2019,·53 mins
53 years ago Theo Van Eijck flew from Malta to Libya to start a new life
22 Oct 2019,·53 mins
The story of how a family coped with two seismic revelations and are now closer than ever
21 Oct 2019,·53 mins
When Alex lost his memories his identical twin helped him restore them, or some of them
19 Oct 2019,·26 mins
Chef Majeda Khouri got arrested for cooking food for displaced people in Damascus
17 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Shari Ho from Taiwan was sold as a slave by her father when she was just seven years old
16 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Vernon Unsworth oversaw the huge operation to save 12 Thai schoolboys trapped in a cave.
15 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Shukrullah Zeerak wanted to help others after he lost his leg in a landmine explosion
14 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Screenwriter Joe Straczynski wished for a hero to rescue him from his abusive childhood
12 Oct 2019,·26 mins
Dancer Kevin Turner and his mum Avis tell us how they coped with his bipolar disorder
10 Oct 2019,·53 mins
David Fajgenbaum was nicknamed 'the beast' before he became ill with a deadly disease
09 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Howie Truong was separated from his baby son Kai as they fled Vietnam by boat
08 Oct 2019,·53 mins
After being electrocuted by 11,000 volts, Dr BJ Miller now devotes his life to the dying
07 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Marie McCreadie on her agony becoming mute at 13 and her shock and joy learning the cause
05 Oct 2019,·26 mins
Justin Finlayson turned his bus into a music studio to keep youths out of trouble
03 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Vicky Phelan on the medical scandal that gave 221 women inaccurate smear test results
02 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Rising star Vuvu Mpofu discovered opera as a teenager at her home in South Africa
01 Oct 2019,·53 mins
Rachel DeLoache Williams was conned out of tens of thousands of dollars by Anna Sorokin
30 Sep 2019,·53 mins
Thomas Quick was Sweden’s most notorious serial killer. Then he retracted his confessions
28 Sep 2019,·26 mins
