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The school teacher who couldn鈥檛 read

John Corcoran worked as a teacher for 17 years - even though he couldn鈥檛 read

• 26 mins

Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee

Nigel Owens survived a suicide attempt before accepting his sexuality and finding success

• 23 mins

How to home-school: Lessons from Bolivia and Alaska

Brisa de Angulo set up her first school when she was 14 years old

• 32 mins

Why I thought my baby had devil鈥檚 eyes

Catherine Cho had been a mother for two months when she experienced post-partum psychosis

• 32 mins

The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19

Rob Gore is a doctor working with coronavirus patients in New York

• 23 mins

Literary SOS

Sally Bayley was rejected by her family but eventually found solace in Shakespeare

• 26 mins

I believe my dog鈥檚 nose saved my life

Psychologist Claire Guest had a special bond with her dog that may have saved her life

• 23 mins

Why I dive on my birthday

How diver Cliff Devries got back in the water after being paralysed from the neck down

• 23 mins

The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

Tony Cicoria developed an obsession with classical music after he was struck by lightning

• 23 mins

Stranded in the jungle on our honeymoon

It began when Holly Fitzgerald and her husband Fitz鈥檚 plane crash-landed in Peru鈥�

• 36 mins

Hiding the truth behind my NFL stardom

New England Patriots star Ryan O'Callaghan used football as a cover for his sexuality

• 26 mins

My revolutionary 70s summer camp

Jim LeBrecht remembers a revolutionary summer camp in the 1970s for disabled teenagers

• 36 mins

I turned my cleaning obsession into a hit business

Trauma led Lynsey Crombie to compulsive cleaning but now she鈥檚 sharing her skills on TV

• 23 mins

The face-blind portrait artist

German artist Carlotta has a brain disorder: she can鈥檛 recognise faces, not even her own

• 23 mins

Mr Motivator: from homeless to household name

TV star and fitness instructor Derrick Evans wants to help people keep fit in lockdown

• 17 mins

The Tale of the King of the Wild Blue Sky

The highs and lows of America's first flying newsman, Jerry Foster

• 26 mins

The mayor and the art heist mystery

Mayor Knut Kreuch's mission to solve one of Germany鈥檚 biggest art thefts

• 21 mins

The psychiatric nurse who overcame a life of addiction

From age 14 to 37 Anthony Brown was homeless and became addicted to drugs and alcohol

• 30 mins

How the Donut King lost his crown

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy once presided over an empire of donut shops across California

• 26 mins

The actor who preferred to die rather than stop filming

Massimo Troisi delayed heart surgery to make 'Il Postino'. He died before filming ended.

• 16 mins

Love and defection on the dancefloor

Cuban ballet stars Mayara Pi帽eiro Contido and Etienne D铆ez found love in exile

• 16 mins

I became 鈥榙ad鈥� to a baby ocelot

Harry always felt out of place but found 鈥榟ome鈥� with a baby ocelot in the Peruvian jungle

• 23 mins

The Covid-19 nurses: Sharing our stories

Hannah Gray and Bianca Dintino are two ICU nurses tackling the pandemic on two continents

• 21 mins

My journey to become the first Native American US Poet Laureate

Joy Harjo survived prejudice and abuse to become one of America's most acclaimed poets

• 16 mins

They thought my husband was a spy

Matthew Hedges was on a work trip in the UAE when he was accused of being a British spy

• 39 mins

Blades, bullets and my escape from 'murder city'

Rollerblading led Jessel Recinos into bad ways, but eventually became his salvation

• 18 mins

Hiding my sexuality to be a black role model

Becoming one of the first African American actors on children's TV came with an ultimatum

• 40 mins

The woman behind Senegal's Sex and the City

Kalista Sy created a TV series that's taking Senegal by storm

• 23 mins

Trying to get my penpal out of prison

A letter, a murder and a boxer鈥檚 dying wish turned a teenager鈥檚 life around

• 26 mins

Wynton Marsalis: the making of a jazzman

How a reluctant trumpet player became the most celebrated jazz musician of his generation

• 40 mins