Outlook

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

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The life and legacy of Eva Schloss, part 1
Remembering the late Eva Schloss – Holocaust survivor and Anne Frank’s stepsister
08 Jan 2026,40 mins
Fighting the fear - the architect who sang for her life
Camille O'Sullivan had always loved singing, but fear of failure was holding her back
07 Jan 2026,40 mins
The unlikely NBA star who hated sport and his body, part 2
The psychologist John Amaechi was the NBA's first player to publically come out as gay
06 Jan 2026,40 mins
The unlikely NBA star who hated sport and his body, part 1
Psychologist John Amaechi was a bookish and unsporty British kid who ended up in the NBA
05 Jan 2026,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The Last Picture Show
The Godfather of Hollywood sound, and making a film for Saddam Hussein
02 Jan 2026,44 mins
The singing linguist: from rock star to language detective
Robert Leonard sang at Woodstock with Sha Na Na – now he helps the police solve crimes
01 Jan 2026,40 mins
My life-defining walk across the world with my best friend
Tom Turcich took his rescue puppy Savannah on a 48,000 kilometre walk
30 Dec 2025,40 mins
'My skin colour was a constant reminder of mum’s betrayal'
M People star Andrew Lovell’s home life hid a terrible – yet beautiful – secret
29 Dec 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Lights, Camera, Action!
Movie magic with Dirty Dancing’s real ‘Baby’ and the man in the Godzilla suit
26 Dec 2025,40 mins
Against the grain: How woodcarving reunited a father and son
Callum Robinson’s financial ruin helped him reconcile with his master carver dad, David
25 Dec 2025,40 mins
Julia and Arturo: Why my parrot and I didn't talk for 40 years
Julia and her parrot Arturo were inseparable until jealousy drove them apart
24 Dec 2025,40 mins
A child of snow and ice: How I skied across Antarctica
Karen Kyllesø was 21 when she became the youngest person to ski solo to the South Pole
23 Dec 2025,40 mins
The real story of the von Trapp family singers
Johannes von Trapp is the youngest sibling of the family who inspired The Sound of Music
22 Dec 2025,40 mins
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