1025 Episodes

  1. 38 days: a family adrift in the Pacific

    Published: 15/10/2023

  2. "My friends were arrested, or simply disappeared"

    Published: 08/10/2023

  3. Bringing home the prime minister’s gold tooth

    Published: 01/10/2023

  4. The Godmother of Beirut's nightlife

    Published: 24/09/2023

  5. Dancing in the womb

    Published: 17/09/2023

  6. The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 2

    Published: 10/09/2023

  7. The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 1

    Published: 03/09/2023

  8. Miracle on the ocean floor

    Published: 27/08/2023

  9. Indiana Jones: The kids who remade a blockbuster

    Published: 20/08/2023

  10. The woman who fell from the sky, part 2

    Published: 13/08/2023

  11. The woman who fell from the sky, part 1

    Published: 06/08/2023

  12. Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 2

    Published: 30/07/2023

  13. Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 1

    Published: 23/07/2023

  14. I save chimpanzees and they've saved me

    Published: 16/07/2023

  15. Who is this kneeling man?

    Published: 09/07/2023

  16. How I survived a pirate hijack

    Published: 02/07/2023

  17. Love, war, and the cutting room floor

    Published: 25/06/2023

  18. He was almost a mass shooter – an act of kindness stopped him

    Published: 18/06/2023

  19. Teenage dreams on the Indian Ocean

    Published: 11/06/2023

  20. 'Don't anger the monster', part 2

    Published: 04/06/2023

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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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