Lives Less Ordinary

Lives Less Ordinary

Introducing a new season of five remarkable true stories in which love rises above prejudice, waits decades, crosses oceans and survives war. From India to Italy, Syria to the Bahamas, and the UK to the US, these are unforgettable stories that reveal how love can survive against the odds, heal old wounds and transform lives forever.

Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. 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. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk 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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Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse's own story is wilder than any romance.An agent once told Lesley Pearse to "write what you know", but her own story is more extraordinary than any of her bestselling n...

28 Loka 202428min

The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us

The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us

Dominic and Justin Hardy were young boys when their father, the director Robin Hardy, began a gruelling and obsessive quest to make The Wicker Man. Now the film is regarded as a masterpiece and belove...

20 Loka 202445min

"He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

"He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

Kieran Quinlan was on his way to a party when a man with a knife attacked him. Kieran Quinlan was an aspiring boxer living in his hometown of Birmingham in the UK. When he was 17 he was on the bus hea...

13 Loka 202441min

The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90

The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90

In May 2024, 90-year-old Ed Dwight Jr. from Kansas City, Missouri travelled to the edge of space – he was an honoured guest in the Blue Origin rocket. His trip was 60 years overdue. Ed had been chosen...

6 Loka 202440min

Love, grief, and an AI chatbot

Love, grief, and an AI chatbot

Joshua created an AI simulation of his deceased fiancée to help him deal with his loss.When gaming enthusiast Joshua Barbeau met Jessica, he knew he had found his soulmate. But his happiness didn't la...

29 Syys 202445min

A love story and a battle cry in the Ecuadorian rainforest

A love story and a battle cry in the Ecuadorian rainforest

Nemonte Nenquimo’s passion for her rainforest home, and her love for an unlikely man, propelled her to achieve an historic victory for indigenous people in Ecuador. She took the national government to...

22 Syys 202439min

The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor.Maxwell Smart was just 11 years old in 1941 when the Nazis took over his town in eastern Poland. One by one his...

15 Syys 202430min

The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor.Maxwell Smart was just 11 years old in 1941 when the Nazis took over his town in eastern Poland. One by one his...

8 Syys 202441min

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