Capturing the nation in conversation
Partners Sylvia and Alison talk with their friend Jenny about the challenge of being gay.
Dad Mel and daughter Donna recall their family experiences during the 1984 miners' strike.
A mother and son discuss their mutual love of travel and adventure.
'Genderqueer' friends avoid conforming to the labels of male or female.
Friends Adrian and Jonathan talk about the death of Adrian's daughter Eleanor.
Alex tells his sons about singer Frankie Vaughan's involvement with gangs in Easterhouse.
Best friends John Paul and Michael refuse to let disabilities stand in their way.
David and Peter have known each other for 58 years, but something has been niggling Peter.
Graham tells Dave about being homeless and suicidal - the scariest time of his life.
Husband Jamie works as a mid-wife, but his wife feels uncomfortable about his job.
Shirley and Jeanette's working lives began by helping out on the family farms.
Two friends face the uncomfortable reality of having to live with grey hair and wrinkles.
Friends Gabin and Paul talk about being kids on Hackney's Kingsmead Estate.
As an old punk, Syd shares a love of being unconventional with his niece Cerian.
She collects Hello Kitty. He collects water. Why do collectors collect the things they do?
Winifred and Helen celebrate their lifelong friendship spent in a Yorkshire mining town.
Elizabeth talks to her son Kevin about his father, who was regularly unfaithful to her.
Andrea asks her friend Linda about cancer and how singing in a choir has helped her.
Lucy and Stephen have a 10 month old daughter... should they add to their family?
Pam and Jonathan are mother and son. Here they talk about Jonathan鈥檚 time in the army.
Caroline and Jennifer reflect on the impact that acne has had on their lives.
Flavia can think of no better way for her daughter Afshan to live than to get married.
Jimmy and Andy talk about the impact of the sexual abuse that they suffered as children.
Trevor and his daughter Catherine talk about how different their childhoods were.
