Outlook

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

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'To Have Food…is Becoming a Dream'
Dr Amani Ballour works in a hospital in the besieged suburb of Eastern Ghouta, Syria
13 Nov 2017,53 mins
The Gold Lion and the Bronze Horses
Decoding a pop song with a hidden message and hunting for Hitler's stolen art
11 Nov 2017,26 mins
Goldie: Making Peace With My Mother
UK dance music pioneer Goldie on how growing up in care inspired his art
09 Nov 2017,53 mins
Holding A Stranger's Life in my Hands
Anthony Brennan on the car crash that changed his life
08 Nov 2017,53 mins
Surviving a Wildfire that Took my Crew
The Yarnell Hill Fire claimed 19 members of Brendan McDonough's firefighting crew
07 Nov 2017,53 mins
From Cleaning my School to PM of Togo
Former PM Gilbert Houngbo talks about his childhood in rural Togo
06 Nov 2017,53 mins
Outlook: After the Race is Over
When the finish line is just the beginning, two stories that will stop you in your tracks
04 Nov 2017,26 mins
Helping the Homeless Find Loved Ones
Kevin Adler helps homeless people find their long-lost families in the US
02 Nov 2017,53 mins
Rebuilding my Beloved Raqqa
Syrian architect Mohammad Hassan on reconstructing his home city after so-called IS rule
01 Nov 2017,53 mins
Kidnapped from Prison as a Baby
Ignacio Montoya Carlotto was 36 when he learned he'd been stolen from an Argentine prison
31 Oct 2017,53 mins
Gang Life Prepared Me for the Kitchen
How Tim Raue overcame a troubled childhood to become one of the world's best chefs
30 Oct 2017,53 mins
Outlook Weekend: The Three Bears
Stuck in the jaws of death, chasing a polar bear in your briefs and in bed with a grizzly
28 Oct 2017,26 mins
Imprisoned By Saddam When I Was Four
Taban Shoresh was arrested by Saddam Hussein's soldiers and faced almost certain death
26 Oct 2017,53 mins
The Man Reuniting Rohingya Families
Kamal Hussein reunites Rohingya children separated from their parents
25 Oct 2017,53 mins
The US Child Who Was Married Aged 11
Sherry Johnson was married to her rapist in the US state of Florida
24 Oct 2017,53 mins
Tasmina, the First Horsewoman of Bangladesh
Horse racing is a man's sport in Bangladesh but Tasmina Hossain is trying to change that
23 Oct 2017,53 mins
Outlook: Life, the Second Time Around
The man who faked his own death and a writer who made a bot to talk with his late father
21 Oct 2017,26 mins
Saving Fans From Las Vegas Shooting
Country singer Bryan Hopkins helped people escape gunfire by leading them into a freezer
19 Oct 2017,53 mins
From Children's TV Star to Baroness
Floella Benjamin was a household name in Britain in the 1980s - she's now a Baroness
18 Oct 2017,53 mins
I am South Africa's 'Black Mamba'
Meningitis left MMA fighter Ronald Dlamini blind, but he has since returned to the ring
17 Oct 2017,53 mins
Caring for 35 Children No-One Wants
Hazera Begum looks after the children of sex workers in Bangladesh's capital city, Dhaka
16 Oct 2017,53 mins
Outlook Weekend: My Brush With the Law
A 'paint-off' in a packed US courtroom and a cartoonist locked in a South African prison
14 Oct 2017,26 mins
Fathers Were Enemies, Now We're Sisters
Cycling together even though their dads were on opposite sides of the Vietnam war
12 Oct 2017,53 mins
The Black Cop who Infiltrated the KKK
How an African American police officer ended up as a card-carrying member of the KKK
11 Oct 2017,53 mins
Choosing to Live in a Bolivian Prison
Australian backpacker Rusty Young was in San Pedro prison for more than three months
10 Oct 2017,53 mins
Nepal's ‘Demon-Chaser’ Dances Again
Laxman Ranjit couldn't bring himself to dance after his wife died in an earthquake
09 Oct 2017,53 mins
Outlook Weekend: Defrosted
A frozen body and a frozen mind: two extraordinary stories of coming in from the cold
07 Oct 2017,26 mins
Climbing Everest with One Leg
Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to reach the top of the world's highest mountain
05 Oct 2017,53 mins
I Saved 144 People From Militants
Norodin Alonto Lucman led many people to safety in a city under siege in the Philippines
04 Oct 2017,53 mins
The Lawyer who Painted Beyoncé's Face
The Nigerian artist who used to be a human rights lawyer
03 Oct 2017,53 mins