Lives Less Ordinary Episodes Available now

The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi
Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was ‘architect of the Holocaust’ Adolf Eichmann

Searching for green in a concrete world
After losing loved ones to violent crime, Kwesia X found peace in nature

Painting faces in search of myself and my mum
Separated from his mum as a boy, Juano Diaz drew her face over and over again

The former wrestler who wants your brain
Wrestling with Hulk Hogan and The Rock, Chris Nowinski’s dream job ended after an injury

Swimming blind: my journey to self-acceptance
Melanie Barratt, first blind woman to swim the Channel; she did it with her mum’s ashes

The painful secret I hid from my twin
When Alex lost his memories his identical twin helped him restore them, or some of them

Introducing Dear Daughter
A bonus episode of Dear Daughter - stories of family and parenting from around the world

Rewind: An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning
How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief

My hunt for the Gutenberg – the rare book that solved a family mystery
Michael Visontay’s unexpected link to the Gutenberg Bible, the world’s most coveted book

Rewind: The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid Part 2
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.