1025 Episodes

  1. The Pacific odyssey of a runaway rebel

    Published: 26/02/2024

  2. Fugees Family: the football team who became my life

    Published: 19/02/2024

  3. My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'

    Published: 12/02/2024

  4. Trapped in an icy hell: my 72 day mountain escape

    Published: 05/02/2024

  5. A Libyan kidnapping and the words that brought us together

    Published: 29/01/2024

  6. Discovering my mother was a Vietnamese rock'n'roll star

    Published: 22/01/2024

  7. Searching for the last man in the forest

    Published: 15/01/2024

  8. Hunting for icons in the underworld, part 2

    Published: 08/01/2024

  9. Hunting for icons in the underworld, part 1

    Published: 01/01/2024

  10. Love in the time of revolution, part 2

    Published: 25/12/2023

  11. Love in the time of revolution, part 1

    Published: 18/12/2023

  12. An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

    Published: 11/12/2023

  13. Scams and poetry in Moscow’s underbelly

    Published: 04/12/2023

  14. Introducing Amazing Sport Stories

    Published: 30/11/2023

  15. Unmasking my best friend

    Published: 27/11/2023

  16. Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge

    Published: 20/11/2023

  17. Becoming Gamal, part 1: Magic and misadventure

    Published: 13/11/2023

  18. The fisherman and the 'spy whale'

    Published: 06/11/2023

  19. Brazil's loneliest fan and his footballing fairytale

    Published: 30/10/2023

  20. Love, Loss and 'Project 22'

    Published: 22/10/2023

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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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