Lives Less Ordinary Episodes Episode guide
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My Girlfriend Murdered Before My Eyes
Claudia Brenner was hiking with her girlfriend when they were attacked by a gunman
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My friend, James Foley, beheaded by IS
Brian Oakes on reclaiming the legacy of journalist James Foley who was killed in Syria
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My Friend Became an Islamist Leader
How extremism in Mali shut down Manny Ansar's desert festival and radicalised his friend
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My firefight with elephant poachers
Eric Mararv was shot on the frontline of DRC's battle against elephant poaching.
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My fight for life after croc attack
Ofir Drori had to crawl for two days to get help after a crocodile bit his leg.
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My father’s hidden crimes
AnalÃa’s father was accused of being a government torturer — he said it was a lie
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My father was killed defending Palmyra
Zenobia al-Asaad's father Khaled, head of antiquities at Palmyra, was beheaded by IS.
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My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 2
How Salima Hashmi and Faiz defied a dictatorship through satire and poetry
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My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1
Salima Hashmi grew up with puppets and poetry, inspiring her own career in performance
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My dream holiday turned to horror
Pirates attacked us as we slept
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My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'
Without realising it, Nick Reynolds had been living his childhood on the run
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My dad was Britain's 'most wanted'
Without realising it, Nick Reynolds had been living his childhood on the run
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My Childhood in a Mexican Prison
Pedro MartÃn Núñez’s journey from convict to pastor.
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My 'miracle baby', born 15 months after I lost my love
When her partner died, Ellidy Pullin chose an unconventional path to motherhood
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Murdered blogger's wife speaks out
Bonya Ahmed witnessed her husband Avijit Roy's murder in Bangladesh.
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Misadventures on the high seas
The MacFadyen family tried to sail the world in a boat they built with no experience
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Miracle on the ocean floor
Harrison Okene spent three days trapped in an air pocket in a sunken ship
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Microcephaly hasn't held me back
When Ana Carolina Caceres was born, her parents were told she would never walk or talk.
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Mexico's Missing Girls
Two families who started their own investigations into their daughters' disappearances.
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Medic on the frontline against IS
Khanza Ali is treating hundreds of Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar in Iraq
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Man who Defected to Escape his Marriage
Jang Yeong-jin only discovered he was gay when he left North Korea
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Making Movies in North Korea
Australian filmmaker Anna Broinowski had rare access to North Korea's film industry
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Love, war, and the cutting room floor
Mariam and Mohammed are Yemeni filmmakers who turned the lens on their own relationship
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Love, war, and the cutting room floor
Mariam and Mohammed are Yemeni filmmakers who turned the lens on their own relationship
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Love, Loss and 'Project 22'
Fleur Pierets and Julian Boom wanted to wed in every country that allowed gay marriage
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Love, grief, and an AI chatbot
Joshua created an AI simulation of his deceased fiancée to help him deal with his loss
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Love in the time of revolution, part 2
Pepe and LucÃa: the bonfire of young love, a long separation, and rise to presidency
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Love in the time of revolution, part 1
Pepe and LucÃa: the guerrilla lovers who became the leaders of Uruguay
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Lost in lion country and saved by Spam
Two friends stranded in the desert, only a discarded tin held the key to their escape