1022 Episodes

  1. Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

    Published: 28/10/2024
  2. The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us

    Published: 20/10/2024
  3. Trailer: World of Secrets: Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods

    Published: 17/10/2024
  4. "He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

    Published: 13/10/2024
  5. The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90

    Published: 06/10/2024
  6. Love, grief, and an AI chatbot

    Published: 29/09/2024
  7. A love story and a battle cry in the Ecuadorian rainforest

    Published: 22/09/2024
  8. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

    Published: 15/09/2024
  9. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

    Published: 08/09/2024
  10. Never ever give up: how Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida

    Published: 01/09/2024
  11. The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle

    Published: 25/08/2024
  12. Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey

    Published: 18/08/2024
  13. The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2

    Published: 10/08/2024
  14. The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1

    Published: 04/08/2024
  15. Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth

    Published: 28/07/2024
  16. The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

    Published: 21/07/2024
  17. 'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'

    Published: 14/07/2024
  18. Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty

    Published: 07/07/2024
  19. My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 2

    Published: 30/06/2024
  20. My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1

    Published: 23/06/2024

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Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan to Rio. And their stories can be about anything: tales of survival, humour, resilience and intrigue. From the mind-blowing account of the Japanese man trapped in his own reality TV show, to the Swedish women rescued from lions by a tin of spam. It’s life’s wild side, in stereo. Lives Less Ordinary is brought to you by the team behind Outlook, the home of true life storytelling on BBC World Service radio for nearly 60 years. Got a story to tell? Send an email to [email protected] or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784 You can read our privacy notice here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5YD3hBqmw26B8WMHt6GkQxG/lives-less-ordinary-privacy-notice

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