Mr Motivator | From Homeless Single Dad to British TV Icon
Derrick Evans, otherwise known as Mr Motivator, joins Victoria Derbyshire to reveal the extraordinary story behind one of British TV’s most recognisable personalities. From homelessness and life as a ...
13 Aug 51min
"My Heart Shatters Every Time": 35 Years of Fostering | Debbie Bright
The Debbie Bright you know from TOWIE is only half the story. Away from the limelight, Debbie was quietly changing hundreds of lives. Debbie shares her incredible 35-year journey from a career in fas...
6 Aug 1h 7min
From Incurable Cancer to Team GB Athlete | Luke Grenfell-Shaw
In this moving interview, Victoria Derbyshire sits down with Team GB athlete, adventurer, and filmmaker Luke Grenfell-Shaw to discuss his extraordinary journey of resilience and hope. Diagnosed at jus...
2 Juli 59min
Lemn Sissay: From Childhood in Care to World Famous Poet | Victoria Derbyshire
Poet, playwright and broadcaster Lemn Sissay grew up in the care system. Raised as Norman by foster parents who told him he had been abandoned; at 12, without warning, he was sent away from the family...
25 Juni 1h 7min
From Fleeing Hitler to Building a Commune | Hedi Argent at 96
Born in Vienna in 1929, Hedi Argent’s childhood was shattered by rising antisemitism and the Nazi annexation of Austria. She remembers with heartbreaking clarity the cruelty at the hands of her teache...
18 Juni 44min
The Big Brother Winner Who Changed Britain... And What Happened Next | Nadia Almada
Twenty years after winning Big Brother, Nadia Almada joins Victoria Derbyshire to reflect on the extraordinary journey that changed her life forever. From her childhood in Madeira and South Africa,...
11 Juni 56min
The Gangster Who Found Redemption | Pastor Mick Fleming with Victoria Derbyshire
From dealing drugs to running food banks, scraping together £20 to having £300k in the bank, Pastor Mick Fleming has had an extraordinary life - marked by crime, violence but full of forgiveness and r...
4 Juni 1h 1min
What Three Decades in the MET Taught Me | Jackie Malton with Victoria Derbyshire
Jackie Malton is the groundbreaking former Met detective who inspired Helen Mirren’s iconic character DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. Over a 28-year career in policing, Jackie worked in elite u...
28 Maj 1h 4min
