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Omnibus

Conversations about rugby, about Handsworth and about leaving home.

• 15 mins

Paula and Gerry - More Than First-Date Nerves

They had a low-key wedding, but now she's overcome her social anxiety, the sky's the limit

• 5 mins

Paula and Gerry - I Thought My Anxiety Was Who I Was

Does overcoming the social anxiety that held her back mean she's now a different person?

• 5 mins

Mark and Duncan - Finding a Rare Friendship

Fi Glover introduces a conversation between two friends, one of whom is disabled.

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus

Overcoming social anxiety and the importance of listening in friendship.

• 15 mins

Kim and Luke - Really Good at Laughing

Luke is the champion and best friend of his disabled twin.

• 5 mins

Laurie and Roland – A Legacy in Lego

A father and his four year old son share a passion for the tiny coloured bricks…

• 5 mins

Gareth and Leon - Not Perfect

An artist facing a worsening neurological condition shares his potter's wheel with his son

• 5 mins

Omnibus - Sons of Ten Years and Under

Conversations between parents and their young sons.

• 15 mins

Matt and Melodie - My Life Just Changed

Life is never the same after your child's birth - even more so if your child is disabled.

• 5 mins

Matt and Melodie - Support Structure

The responsibilities of parenthood are relentless never more so than with a disabled child

• 5 mins

Matt and Melodie - Abseil for Acorns

Coming up with imaginative fundraising strategies in order to overcome compassion fatigue.

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus - Children in Need

Three excerpts from a conversation between parents of disabled children.

• 15 mins

Jesse and Ollie - Personal Pronouns

Transgendered friends support each other in accepting themselves for who they are.

• 5 mins

Graham and Heather - Being Yourself

A father shares the pets and the pain of his past with his 12-year-old daughter.

• 5 mins

Kevin and Derek - The Fine Art of Competition

Friends who are both artists find that rivalry goes with the territory.

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus

Rivalry in the art world, the lasting impact of childhood trauma, and transgendered life.

• 15 mins

Manwar and Ivan - From One Extreme to Another

Jihad and the EDL are in their past; they now strive for a common cause of understanding.

• 5 mins

Sharon - Time to Let Go

He died over ten years ago, but Sharon still needs permission to move on with her life.

• 5 mins

Jayne and Richard - Finding a Space for God

An appreciation of a church building isn't dependent on a belief in God.

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus: Letting Go

Overcoming the hatred of extremism, differences in belief and the loss of a loved one.

• 15 mins

Michaela and Mary - With Lots of Sparkle

A supportive friendship begun in a hostel for the homeless continues now life is better.

• 5 mins

Leanne and Eloise - Dyslexia is a Superpower

An aunt and her niece compare their widely different experiences of having dyslexia.

• 5 mins

Sharon and Rita - Keeping It in the Family

Childhood before television and computers remembered, when nature walks were the highlight

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus - Passing Down of Wisdom and Experience

Remembered childhoods without television, with dyslexia, or with parents who are addicts.

• 15 mins

Wayne and Gregory - Small Steps

The Troubles still cast a long shadow in Northern Ireland, but there is light, too.

• 5 mins

Stuart and Emma – Wellies Are Worth It

Moving to a farm was a leap in the dark, but the alpacas are helping it all work out

• 5 mins

Nirmal and Vijay - Time on Our Hands

Retirement has left time for charity and fund-raising.

• 5 mins

Sunday Omnibus

Life after the Troubles, taking on a farm, and filling retirement with fund-raising.

• 15 mins

Lebanon: Ahmad and Safa - To Live Like A Human Being

A conversation recorded in Beirut between Syrian refugees trying to make a new life there.

• 5 mins