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Lives Less Ordinary Episodes

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    The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1

    As a survivor of Sudan's civil war, Salva Dut's will to keep going has taken him far

  2. The long climb back

    It started as a magical day for two friends but then a rock came loose

  3. The legendary goalkeeper forced to pawn her gold medals

    Briana knew it was her destiny to win Olympic gold. Then one game changed everything

  4. The journalist who took down a billion-dollar company

    Dan McCrum investigated a story at Wirecard that had him fearing for his safety

  5. The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 2

    From the page to the stage: William turns childhood fantasies into reality

  6. The invisible child who now shines at Eurovision, part 1

    A bond between brothers, a coming-out story, and an international song contest

  7. The hypermarch茅 hero

    The Malian living in Paris who saved Jewish shoppers under attack from an Islamist gunman

  8. The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle

    Gilbert Alaskadi was sick of being bullied; he wanted to be invincible.

  9. The Hiroshima survivor who's still shouting for peace

    Setsuko Thurlow knows what nuclear war looks like

  10. The Grandmother of Juneteenth, still battling for change at 98

    Opal Lee walked to Washington to demand a new national holiday marking the end of slavery

  11. The Godmother of Beirut's nightlife

    Under the boot of the Syrian army, Nicole Moudaber brought raves to Lebanon

  12. The gay Kenyan boyband star who refused to be defeated

    When singer Willis Chimano was outed, the exposure threatened to derail his entire life

  13. The former wrestler who wants your brain

    Wrestling with Hulk Hogan and The Rock, Chris Nowinski鈥檚 dream job ended after an injury

  14. The fisherman and the 'spy whale'

    Joar Hesten's mission to save a whale rumoured to have escaped from the Russian navy

  15. The fearless former nun fighting for India's seamstresses

    From convent to marriage to factory floor, Thivya will stand up for herself, and you

  16. The family that went to war with a military dictatorship

    Hafsat Abiola Costello's dad was nearly Nigeria's president - but he had powerful enemies

  17. The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

    Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin鈥檚 closest allies

  18. The Ex-Con Criminal Lawyer

    Allan Haber spent over 15 years in prison for drug dealing but now he's a criminal lawyer

  19. The escape from Vietnam that tore my family apart

    Doan made it onto one of the last helicopters from Saigon but her sister was left behind

  20. The doctor who changed American Football

    Nigerian doctor Bennet Omalu found a link between American football and brain injuries.

  21. The DNA request that revealed my child had gone missing

    Cathy Terkanian turned sleuth when told the baby she鈥檇 had to give up, had disappeared

  22. The cricket star who learned to fly

    Ricky Ellcock鈥檚 rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot

  23. The couple who foiled New Zealand鈥檚 biggest drugs plot

    An ordinary couple caught up in the country's biggest meth case for doing a good deed

  24. The child spy and her secret agent parents

    Sue-Ellen Doherty was trained by her parents to spy for Australia during the Cold War

  25. The child gold miner buried alive

    The Ugandan man who was forced to work in an illegal gold mine at the age of 10

  26. The bullet that ended our friendship

    Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate

  27. The brain tumour that taught me how to live

    How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past

  28. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

    Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

  29. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

    Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

  30. The Boy Forced to Wear a Suicide Vest

    Hilal Hamidi was kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be a suicide bomber

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