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Escaping Slavery in Mauritania

A Mauritanian slave's extraordinary journey to freedom - and how he freed his family

• 55 mins

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: The Power of Words

Acclaimed Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong'o on the power of writing and life in exile

• 55 mins

Rescuing the mentally ill in Somalia

'Dr Habeeb' talks about his lonely campaign to promote mental health in war-torn Somalia

• 55 mins

Saving Victims of the LRA

The nun devoted to helping women and girls traumatised by the Lords Resistance Army

• 55 mins

I Played Basketball for Gaddafi

American basketball player Alex Owumi was shocked to learn he had joined Gaddafi's team

• 55 mins

Investigating 11,000 ‘Forgotten’ Rapes

American prosecutor Kym Worthy is determined to investigate thousands of unsolved rapes

• 55 mins

Refugee Camp: Child's Eye View

How Syrian children in a refugee camp in Iraq are coping with the violence they've seen

• 55 mins

Surgery on Syria's Frontline

Known as 'the Indiana Jones of surgery', surgeon David Nott, volunteers in war zones

• 55 mins

Under KGB House Arrest

Belarusian journalist Iryna Khalip on living under house arrest under watch of the police

• 55 mins

"My Ice-Pick Lobotomy"

Howard Dully was one of the youngest people ever to be given a controversial lobotomy

• 55 mins

From Secret Agent to Crime Writer

Mishka Ben David, the Israeli former Mossad agent is now writing crime fiction

• 55 mins

I Spied for North Korea

The former North Korean spy who lost everything when he was caught by the enemy.

• 55 mins

My Parents Sold Me into Child Pornography

Puppeteer Raven Kaliana has created a puppet show based on her childhood trauma

• 55 mins

Entombed in My Own Body for Over 12 Years

Martin Pistorius, the South African who became ill and ended up unable to move or speak

• 55 mins

My Family Freed Me From Somali Pirates

The Pakistani captain who was rescued from pirates thanks to his wife and daughters

• 49 mins

Forced to Marry by Ugandan Rebels

Abduction, marriage and love: a story of two teenagers in the Lord's Resistance Army

• 49 mins

We saved 47 drowning migrants

Italian Vito Fiorino and his friends saved 47 migrants on a fishing trip off Lampedusa

• 55 mins

Undercover to Expose Sex Traffickers

Journalist Mimi Chakarova risked her life infiltrating underground brothels and sex clubs

• 55 mins

Jailed for Selling US State Secrets

American Chris Boyce served 24 years in prison for selling secrets to the Soviet Union

• 49 mins

My Search for Philomena's Lost Son

Martin Sixsmith who helped a woman search for the son she was forced to give up.

• 55 mins

My son died to tell Somalia's story

Kathy Eldon remembers her son Dan, a photojournalist killed while working in Somalia.

• 55 mins

Growing up with the Mafia

Rita Gigante - My father the New York crime boss.

• 55 mins

I Regret my Anti-Islamic Past

Why former Dutch far-right Freedom Party politician Arnoud Van Doorn converted to Islam

• 55 mins

Israeli Mum: I'd Meet My Son's Killer

Robi Damelin is seeking reconciliation with the Palestinian sniper who killed her son

• 55 mins

The Radical Activist who Took on AIDS

Peter Staley joined protest group Act Up whose radical campaigns saved millions with AIDS

• 55 mins

Scott Turow: Lawyer, Writer and Reformer

Scott Turow is a leading US lawyer and best-selling writer

• 55 mins

My Dream of Reviving a Ghost City

Vasia Markides wants to bring back to life the abandoned Cypriot resort of Varosha

• 55 mins

Tacloban Mayor's Wife

Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez tells how she saved her children from Typhoon Haiyan

• 55 mins

Held as 'Slaves' by Nazi Sympathisers

Brazilian orphans forced to work as 'slaves' for Nazi sympathisers in the 1930s

• 55 mins

'I delivered Typhoon Haiyan Baby'

Filipino surgeon Dr Evangeline Cua set up her own field hospital in Tacloban

• 55 mins