Lives Less Ordinary

Rowena Chiu was kept silent for 20 years by former film boss Harvey Weinstein. Rowena thought that speaking up about her alleged sexual assault by Weinstein would end up with him in court. But instead...

4 Juni 202333min

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 Maj 202336min

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 Maj 202339min

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 Maj 202351min

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 Maj 202341min

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

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

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