'Don't anger the monster', part 1
Rowena Chiu on surviving the Hollywood sexual predator Harvey Weinstein.Rowena was just 24 when she became an assistant to Weinstein at his film company. She knew he was a difficult boss, but nothing ...
28 Mai 202336min
Sugar sandwiches and smarts: a poor kid's fairytale ending
Raised by addicts, Dr Katriona O'Sullivan defied the odds to become a university lecturer. Her parents were addicted to heroin, she was neglected and not fed. But for the care she received from two in...
21 Mai 202339min
Lola the bare-knuckle drag queen
Martial arts kept him out of jail, but drag artistry made him whole.Diego Garijo was bullied for his femininity as a child, so as he grew up he toughened up his image. He was in trouble with the law, ...
14 Mai 202351min
I was there the night Emmett Till was taken
Wheeler Parker is Emmett Till's cousin and the last surviving witness to his abduction.Emmett's brutal murder in Mississippi in 1955 sparked a wave of protest in America. The 14-year-old African Ameri...
7 Mai 202341min
Tanzania’s hip-hop politician
Joseph Mbilinyi pioneered Swahili rap and then turned to politics, but ended up in jail.In the 1990s he'd become one of Tanzania's biggest stars under the stage name Sugu. He'd released albums, toured...
30 Apr 202340min
'Brother. do. you. love. me.' The SMS that changed our lives
Brothers Manni and Reuben Coe, and the text that prompted a lockdown rescue mission.Manni was living in Spain when he received this troubling text from his younger brother Reuben. Reuben has Down's sy...
23 Apr 202340min
'Prison Break' and my escape from Manus Island
Tricks from a hit TV show held the key to Jaivet Ealom’s audacious dash for freedom. As a student in his native Myanmar, Jaivet Ealom became obsessed with the hit US TV show Prison Break. He watched i...
16 Apr 202349min
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid: Part 2
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown. After training, Sue had got a job within the government's propaganda unit, and she was feeding back good intellig...
9 Apr 202341min
