Having children in care 'doesn't make you a bad person'
5 Live's Naga Munchetty has been speaking to Col, Marie and Thelma (not their real names), who have 12 children in the care system. They've been helped by projects run by Pause charity which works wit...
23 Feb 202125min
The families torn apart by Uighur detention camps
China calls them centres for re-education. The United States says the actions of the state amount to genocide. As more testimonies emerge from China’s “re-education” camps in the Xinjiang region of Ch...
19 Feb 202149min
"No one should have to see their daughter like that"
Mark Jones’ seven-year-old daughter Emily was killed by a psychiatric patient on Mothers Day 2020.He claims an NHS trust’s failings left Eltiona Skana free to kill Emily in a park in Bolton.Speaking t...
17 Feb 202129min
NFL legend Osi Umenyiora on race, football and the pitfalls of showboating
NFL legend Osi Umenyiora speaks to Adrian Chiles about his childhood experiences of being a winner, how he found the sport of American Football and his experiences of a being black man living in the U...
5 Feb 202120min
Hollyoaks suicide storyline ‘saved my life’
Hollyoaks fan John from Cheshire has opened up to Ashley Taylor Dawson, the actor who plays Darren Osborne in Hollyoaks, on BBC Radio 5 Live about how a suicide storyline in the soap saved their life....
1 Feb 202128min
Former FBI Boss on Life after Trump
James Comey, former Director of the FBI, reveals that President Trump told him an ‘off colour’ anecdote about Russian prostitutes in their first Oval Office conversation and his concern that the “dram...
15 Jan 202126min
Prof Chris Whitty: Your Coronavirus Questions Answered
From tighter restrictions, to operations, to schools - England’s chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, answers callers’ questions on the current coronavirus situation. This was a simulcast o...
11 Jan 202127min
Father Christmas answers kids' questions
Father Christmas answers the big Christmas questions from children on 5 live Breakfast.Santa, exclusively live in 5 live's Salford studio, spoke to callers including 8-year-old Esme in Somerset, who s...
17 Dec 202018min
