Lives Less Ordinary Episodes Episode guide
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Honouring my dead cellmate
The former prisoner fighting for female inmates' rights
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Hold Fast! 8. Our duty is done
Siobh维n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 7. I want to hug a cow
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 6. Unicorn poo
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 5. No better mirror than the sea
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 4. Taking the biscuit
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 3. The world as you know it no longer exists
Siobh维n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 2. I didn鈥檛 know the sea was so big
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hold Fast! 1. Signs from the universe
Siobh谩n McSweeney tells the extraordinary story of sailing cargo ship Avontuur
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Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 2
Silibil N鈥� Brains found fame as fake American rappers - but how long can you live a lie?
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Hip hop, lies and the ultimate prize, part 1
The Scottish rappers who fooled the music industry
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Hercules: the grizzly bear who became family
Maggie Robin raised a bear cub who grew into an extraordinary companion
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Held hostage by al-Qaeda: my desert odyssey
Edith Blais was kidnapped by armed militants and held captive in the Sahara for 450 days
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He was almost a mass shooter 鈥� an act of kindness stopped him
Aaron Stark now works to raise awareness around why mass attacks happen
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He knocked on my door and said: 'I believe you'
How the friendship of a stranger helped Betsy when she needed it most
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Happy Ending for Aurora Shooting Victim
How a romance was rekindled from the tragedy of the Aurora cinema shooting.
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Guns, guards, snarling dogs: a child migrant鈥檚 story
Javier Zamora travelled alone from El Salvador to the US when he was just nine years old
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Growing up black in a white family 鈥� the truth behind my birth
Music star Andrew Lovell鈥檚 home life hid a terrible 鈥� yet beautiful 鈥� secret
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Grieving Mother Directs Delhi Traffic
Dorris Francis saves lives at the busy road junction where her daughter was killed
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Going cold turkey in a Bangkok prison
Holly鈥檚 life was shaped by heroin addiction. At rock bottom, she finally got clean
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Giving birth as a hostage in Syria
Janina was pregnant when she set out to meet a school friend who鈥檇 become an extremist
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Fugees Family: the football team who became my life
The extraordinary coach who started a football team but built something much bigger
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From slum to soundman
Abdul Rahman grew up in Africa's biggest slum - he became a world class sound recordist
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From Slum Kid to Movie Director
George Stanley Nsamba grew up in a Ugandan ghetto, now teaches street kids to make films.
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From Peace Activist to Military Aide
Emma Sky - the peace campaigner who became a US military adviser in Iraq.
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From inmate to prison warden
The Brazilian police officer turned prison inmate, who became a reforming prison warden.
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From Goatherd to Top Geologist
The South African man who overcame many obstacles to get an education
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From Buddhist monk to catwalk model
The Thai boy who left temple life to join the fashion world, as a woman.
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Former monk Justo Gallego Martinez has spent 50 years building a cathedral near Madrid.
He's has been building the cathedral with his own hands using recycled materials.
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Former Child Fishing Slave Now Rescuing Others
James Kofi Annan was sold into slavery in Ghana.
