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Forced to Flee my Country for Love
The Ugandan badminton star who had to flee when her same-sex relationship was exposed.
21 Aug 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: Long Ride to Freedom
Accounts from the Freedom Riders of 1961. Offensive language has been bleeped
19 Aug 2017,26 mins
Searching For My Lost Sons
Munira Subašić has fought for justice after 22 members of her family died in Srebrenica
17 Aug 2017,49 mins
Rohan Marley: Bob's Rebel Son
Bob Marley's son Rohan on his famous dad, playing American football, and Rastafarianism.
16 Aug 2017,49 mins
The Serial Killer I Couldn't Catch
The Detective on the hunt of Canada's most prolific murderer.
15 Aug 2017,49 mins
Fighting Farc with Morse Code Song
Juan Carlos Ortiz hid Morse Code messages in a song to communicate with hostages.
14 Aug 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: My New Mum
Two extraordinary stories of gaining a second mum
12 Aug 2017,26 mins
I Took on the London Bridge Attackers
Geoff Ho put himself between the attackers and his friends in the London Bridge attacks.
10 Aug 2017,49 mins
Fiji's Amputee Jiu-Jitsu Champion
Sean Fong lost his left arm and right leg as a child, but is now a martial arts champion.
09 Aug 2017,49 mins
I Found Hitler's Horses
The Dutch art investigator on a mission to recover stolen works of art.
08 Aug 2017,49 mins
Lightning Bolt Made Me a Music Maestro
Tony Cicoria developed a passion for classical music after he was struck by lightning.
07 Aug 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: How Was Your Holiday?
Holidays don't always go the way you plan them.
05 Aug 2017,26 mins
Kenyan Runner's Marathon Escape
Professional runner Moninda Marube on his struggle to keep running
03 Aug 2017,49 mins
A Human Chain Saved My Drowning Family
When swimmers became caught in a rip tide, 80 people formed a human chain to rescue them.
02 Aug 2017,49 mins
Texting my Dead Father
James Vlahos created a chatbot to keep his father's memory alive.
01 Aug 2017,49 mins
My Rape Case was Sent to Cattle Court
After her own ordeal, Brisa de Angulo fights for better treatment for sex abuse survivors
31 Jul 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: Curses
The Biblical kind, the monthly kind, and the swearing kind...
29 Jul 2017,26 mins
Burmese Refugees Who Saved a US Church
Vicar Michael Spurlock and refugee Ye Win explain how they did it.
27 Jul 2017,49 mins
Syria's Frontline Psychiatrist
Dr Roula counsels casualties of the Syrian conflict.
26 Jul 2017,49 mins
Pakistani Lawyer 'Trolling the Trolls'
Nighat Dad fights online abuse and set up the region's first cyber harassment helpline.
25 Jul 2017,49 mins
From Poverty to the Premier League
Footballer Moses Odubajo and his brothers brought themselves up after their mother died.
24 Jul 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: Most Wanted
The man who says he killed Osama Bin Laden
22 Jul 2017,26 mins
Ukrainian Grandmother: I Was Tortured
Iryna Boyko was helping people to escape the conflict area when she was taken captive
20 Jul 2017,49 mins
Air Crash Survivor Turns TV Singer
Kechi Okwuchi was one of only two survivors of a Nigerian plane crash that killed 107.
19 Jul 2017,49 mins
The Shopkeeper Defusing IS Booby Traps
The Syrian man who defuses bombs planted by so-called Islamic State.
18 Jul 2017,49 mins
Saved from Drowning by a Pair of Boots
Fisherman John Aldridge was stranded at sea for 12 hours.
17 Jul 2017,49 mins
Outlook Weekend: The Perfect Body
The British artist born without arms inspired by the Venus de Milo.
15 Jul 2017,26 mins
Bomb Survivor: 'I Count Myself Lucky'
Martine Wright lost her legs in the 2005 London bombings and then became a Paralympian
13 Jul 2017,49 mins
The Day I Killed Osama Bin Laden
Robert O'Neill says he fired the fatal shots that killed America's most wanted man
12 Jul 2017,49 mins
Covering My Racist Tattoos
Former Neo-Nazi Angela King left prejudice behind when she was jailed for a hate crime
11 Jul 2017,49 mins