Life Changing Podcast
Dr Sian Williams talks to people who have lived through extraordinary events that have reshaped their lives in the most unpredictable ways.
In this series Dr Sian Williams talks to people who have lived through extraordinary events that have set their lives on an entirely different course.
This podcast is all about the human experience, how people deal with obstacles that turn their lives upside down. The journeys are not always straightforward and there are often some remarkable discoveries along the way.
Would you like to appear on the podcast? Do you have an extraordinary story to tell? We'd love to hear from you: lifechanging@bbc.co.uk
Episodes to download
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Excluded
Wed 1 May 2024
Marginalised his whole life, aged 24, Tier demands a reckoning with the education system.
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Finally Meeting Mum
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Su鈥檚 in a race against time to finally meet her birth mother, on the last day of her life.
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Trading places
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Fundamentally unhappy as an oil trader, Dan takes a giant personal gamble.
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Delivering Change
Wed 10 Apr 2024
As midwife Agnes鈥� third baby is delivered, she's confronted by a profound need for change
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Witness
Wed 3 Apr 2024
Just 14 when her mum is murdered, Georgia vows that she will never be forgotten.
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Harriet: What Happened Next
Boxing Day 2023
Former guest Harriet tells a live audience how her podcast appearance changed her life.
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Hurting the One You Love
Wed 22 Nov 2023
Full of teenage fury, Connor lashes out at his mum 鈥� with far-reaching consequences.
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Bluebells on Bunny Hill
Wed 15 Nov 2023
In a children鈥檚 home in 1959, a unique friendship is forged 鈥� then cruelly ended.
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'I knew I could never make it right'
Wed 8 Nov 2023
In her 20s, Teresa Clark made a fatal decision that would impact multiple lives.
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Blink Once
Wed 1 Nov 2023
Police officer Clodagh is used to dealing with emergency situations 鈥� until it鈥檚 her own.
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The Baroness
Wed 25 Oct 2023
Rachel had an aristocratic but poor upbringing, then came a deathbed confession.
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Dead Calm
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Will is in the Solomon Islands surfing spectacular waves - until the sea disappears...
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'It started as a perfect wedding day'
Wed 11 Oct 2023
A chase begins - at the reins of her horse-drawn carriage, Emily fights to survive.
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'If I panic I die'
Wed 17 May 2023
He met with his boss for coffee. Minutes later, Stephen was fighting for life.
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Speechless
Wed 10 May 2023
Polly put everything into her profession. But in one live TV moment, it all went wrong.
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Overheard
Wed 3 May 2023
Eight-year-old Hazel listens in as her teachers discuss her. Their words are devastating.
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From the rubble
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Jessica gets home with her two young boys. Minutes later their house explodes.
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The box under the bed
Wed 19 Apr 2023
Joe thought he knew his dad until he found a cache of documents revealing lie after lie.
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Taken: Lisa鈥檚 story
Wed 12 Apr 2023
Six-year-old Lisa boards a flight with her dad. She won鈥檛 see her mum for the next decade.
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Taken: Tracey鈥檚 story
Wed 5 Apr 2023
Her kids aren鈥檛 home, then her husband sends a text: 鈥楪ary and Lisa say goodbye forever'.
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Love and the law
Wed 16 Nov 2022
On a coach to be deported from the UK, time鈥檚 running out and Aderonke鈥檚 hope is fading.
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Ripple effect
Wed 9 Nov 2022
In a bustling street Electra Rhodes does her best to restart a stranger鈥檚 heart.
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Meal deal
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Nicola Shaughnessy is buying a sandwich when she hears a voice that sends her spiralling.
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Apocalypse... now?
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Steven Brosnan is stuck in a rut: it takes a catastrophe to show him what he鈥檚 capable of.
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No-one must ever know this
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Teresa Weiler鈥檚 birth parents had a shocking secret - one she didn鈥檛 reveal for decades.
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The comeback
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Aged 17, heading for a party, Kieran Quinlan is confronted by a man with a knife
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Meet our new presenter, Dr Sian Williams
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Life Changing returns with more extraordinary real-life stories.
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Undercover
Wed 18 May 2022
Going undercover is the easy bit for Steve, it鈥檚 transitioning back that鈥檚 the hard part.
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A letter from Mum
Wed 11 May 2022
An unexpected letter to work is about to set Steve on a very important and personal search
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