The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle
Gilbert Alaskadi grew up in the African country of Chad. His family was poor, and he spent much of his childhood hungry, with people frequently making fun of his small stature. Then, when he was a tee...
25 Aug 202432min
Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey
Osel Hita Torres was a Spanish toddler when he was recognised by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of a well-known Tibetan Buddhist monk and teacher called Lama Yeshe. As a child he was sent to a mo...
18 Aug 202440min
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2
At the age of 11 in 1985, Salva Dut was separated from his family by the Sudanese civil war. After a decade moving between different refugee camps, and presumed an orphan, Salva was recommended for re...
10 Aug 202425min
The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1
Salva Dut is one of Sudan's so-called 'Lost Boys.' Separated from his family at the age of 11 when the civil war reached his village in 1985, Salva walked for weeks to reach safety in a refugee camp i...
4 Aug 202438min
Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth
In the early 1980s Jason Evans' father was given a blood product called Factor 8 to treat his haemophilia, which infected him with HIV. He was one of thousands of people in the UK who were unwittingly...
28 Jul 202441min
The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets
Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin’s closest allies. Nick Stride, a builder from the UK, feared for his family’s safety after discovering alleged financial corruption while ...
21 Jul 202440min
'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'
Anoosheh Ashoori was visiting Iran when he was snatched off the street by security forces. He was falsely accused of espionage, and spent years in one of the country's toughest prisons. For a long tim...
14 Jul 202440min
Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty
When Sister Helen Prejean agreed to write to a convicted murderer on Louisiana’s death row in 1982, she had no idea what was coming. She would end up becoming his spiritual advisor, eventually accompa...
7 Jul 202445min
