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Lives Less Ordinary Episodes

  1. My Mission to Unite Somali Clans

    Adam Matan is working to break down tribal barriers between Somalis around the world.

  2. My life in seven swimming pools

    Amjed鈥檚 determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build

  3. My husband thought I was an imposter

    Abi Morgan鈥檚 husband woke from a coma and didn鈥檛 recognise her

  4. My hunt for the Gutenberg 鈥� the rare book that solved a family mystery

    Michael Visontay鈥檚 unexpected link to the Gutenberg Bible, the world鈥檚 most coveted book

  5. My Greek restaurant became a refuge

    The Greek restaurant owner caring for thousands of migrants

  6. My grandmother walked the rabbit-proof fence

    Maria's grandmother was forcibly taken by Australian officials, but made a daring escape

  7. My Girlfriend Murdered Before My Eyes

    Claudia Brenner was hiking with her girlfriend when they were attacked by a gunman

  8. My friend, James Foley, beheaded by IS

    Brian Oakes on reclaiming the legacy of journalist James Foley who was killed in Syria

  9. My Friend Became an Islamist Leader

    How extremism in Mali shut down Manny Ansar's desert festival and radicalised his friend

  10. My firefight with elephant poachers

    Eric Mararv was shot on the frontline of DRC's battle against elephant poaching.

  11. My fight for life after croc attack

    Ofir Drori had to crawl for two days to get help after a crocodile bit his leg.

  12. My father鈥檚 hidden crimes

    Anal铆a鈥檚 father was accused of being a government torturer 鈥� he said it was a lie

  13. My father was killed defending Palmyra

    Zenobia al-Asaad's father Khaled, head of antiquities at Palmyra, was beheaded by IS.

  14. My father Faiz: Pakistan鈥檚 revolutionary poet, part 2

    How Salima Hashmi and Faiz defied a dictatorship through satire and poetry

  15. My father Faiz: Pakistan鈥檚 revolutionary poet, part 1

    Salima Hashmi grew up with puppets and poetry, inspiring her own career in performance

  16. My dream holiday turned to horror

    Pirates attacked us as we slept

  17. My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'

    Without realising it, Nick Reynolds had been living his childhood on the run

  18. My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'

    Without realising it, Nick Reynolds had been living his childhood on the run

  19. My Childhood in a Mexican Prison

    Pedro Mart铆n N煤帽ez鈥檚 journey from convict to pastor.

  20. My 'miracle baby', born 15 months after I lost my love

    When her partner died, Ellidy Pullin chose an unconventional path to motherhood

  21. Music was my salvation: the homeless man and the piano

    Francois was homeless when he learned to play a train station piano from scratch

  22. Murdered blogger's wife speaks out

    Bonya Ahmed witnessed her husband Avijit Roy's murder in Bangladesh.

  23. Mud-wrestler shunned by opponents

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  24. Misadventures on the high seas

    The MacFadyen family tried to sail the world in a boat they built with no experience

  25. Miriam Toews: A loud voice in a town once ruled by silence

    How the author used her strict Mennonite upbringing to tell its unspoken stories

  26. Miracle on the ocean floor

    Harrison Okene spent three days trapped in an air pocket in a sunken ship

  27. Microcephaly hasn't held me back

    When Ana Carolina Caceres was born, her parents were told she would never walk or talk.

  28. Mexico's Missing Girls

    Two families who started their own investigations into their daughters' disappearances.

  29. Meeting the monster: My 14 days with Joseph Kony

    Judith Obina helped bring peace to Uganda with a secret weapon: Joseph Kony鈥檚 mother

  30. Medic on the frontline against IS

    Khanza Ali is treating hundreds of Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar in Iraq

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