Breaking the Silence on Domestic Abuse

Maria Maidana has spoken out about her experience of abuse to help others in Argentina

• 18 mins

The Transgender Boxer Making History

Patricio Manuel is the first professional transgender boxer in the United States

• 17 mins

The Making of a Fashion Icon

André Leon Talley went from a modest life in North Carolina, to Vogue magazine

• 16 mins

My Life as a Millennial Yoruba Priestess

Omitonade’s world of deities, divination, and mobile phones

• 26 mins

The Story of My Face Transplant

Cameron Underwood's operation united him with the mother of his donor and his surgeon

• 81 mins

A Sex Tape was Used to Silence Me

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was blackmailed after investigating corruption

• 20 mins

The Mountaineers Breaking Race Barriers

Rosemary Saal was part of the first all African-American team to climb Denali

• 15 mins

Making Contact with a Remote Tribe

The Indian anthropologist who made friendly contact with a remote Sentinelese tribe

• 14 mins

Sewing to Survive

The Cambodian child dressmaker who achieved her fashion dreams

• 22 mins

The North Korean Diver and the Octopus

Park Myongho defected from North Korea and now spends his days diving for octopuses

• 20 mins

What Stopped Me from Becoming a Killer

Hyppolite Ntigurirwa saw his father killed in the Rwandan genocide. He wanted revenge

• 19 mins

Using a Tampon Nearly Killed Me

Lauren Wasser lost both her legs after suffering a rare case of toxic shock syndrome

• 20 mins

Hong Kong’s Rebel Pop Star

Denise Ho was a pop sensation but risked it all in the name of democracy

• 23 mins

Bringing Down a Dictator

One lawyer’s perilous journey to bring a war criminal to justice

• 26 mins

The Triplets Separated by a Secret Study

How three identical triplets found each other, despite being intentionally split up

• 24 mins

The Mother Choosing to Love her 'Enemy'

Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to save radicalised young men after her son was killed by gunman

• 17 mins

Flipper’s Trainer Turned Dolphin Saviour

When star dolphin Flipper died, its trainer Ric O’Barry turned to activism

• 21 mins

'My Editor Was Killed by Pablo Escobar'

Journalist Maria Duzan reported from the frontlines of Colombia’s drug wars

• 12 mins

I accidentally discovered that I’m a psychopath

Dr Jim Fallon was studying his own brain when he made a disturbing discovery

• 18 mins

Vietnam's first family of rock ‘n’ roll

How a bunch of pre-teen kids became the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band in wartime Saigon

• 28 mins

Life lessons from Indian sex workers

Ashok Alexander worked with sex workers to tackle HIV in India

• 23 mins

The story that saved my child's life

Louise Beech's daughter was ill and losing hope. A bedtime story turned things around

• 23 mins

My son’s death was ‘absolutely beautiful’

Nurse Jessica Hanson’s own loss inspired her to change the way others experience death

• 20 mins

The truth about my ‘hero’ grandfather

Silvia Foti uncovered shocking evidence about her grandfather who was seen as a war hero

• 22 mins

The brothers who made Mary Poppins sing

Richard M. Sherman reveals the secrets behind some of Disney’s most beloved songs

• 26 mins

‘I still feel the bullets in my head’

James Myers survived being shot in the face five times

• 17 mins

The frontline music therapist

Composer Nigel Osborne teaches children in war zones how to play instruments

• 18 mins

My pen pal Abu Hamza

London vicar Stephen Coles on his correspondence with the radical cleric Abu Hamza

• 22 mins

Why I photograph sex workers

Photographer Bruce Gilden’s latest series features a group of sex workers in Miami

• 17 mins

The disability activist who was 'born red'

Carly Findlay has a rare skin condition that covers her body with scaly red skin

• 12 mins