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The Iranian avocado quest that led to prison

The saga to free journalist Jason Rezaian from Iran’s most notorious prison

• 26 mins

The rap star saved by a nursing home

After losing his memory T La Rock forgot he was famous and had to learn to rap again

• 23 mins

My abuser used an alien plot to brainwash me

Jan Broberg and her mum Mary Ann share how a trusted friend kidnapped Jan – twice

• 38 mins

Who says I can't go to school?

How an Afghan girl defied the Taliban by setting up a secret classroom

• 34 mins

Escaping lockdown in the Coral City

The urban reef webcam bringing together a community around the globe

• 26 mins

The gourmet chef who used to beg for food

How a childhood on the streets of India prepared Sash Simpson to become a top chef

• 21 mins

That time I DJed from space

The astronaut who headlined a rave while he was in orbit and other extraordinary gigs

• 40 mins

Inside the hospitals of lockdown Wuhan

Filmmaker Hao Wu got unprecedented footage from four hospitals during Wuhan's lockdown

• 23 mins

My life by Whitney Houston's side

Robyn Crawford and the superstar singer were inseparable for two decades

• 39 mins

The record-breaking runner who hated her legs

Mimi Anderson's desire for thinner legs took her from the treadmill to ultra-marathons

• 22 mins

The broken computer that unlocked my fortune

From 'dumpster baby' to millionaire: Freddie Figgers uses his tech mastery to help others

• 22 mins

The voyage of The Fisherman's Friends

How a group of friends with a love for sea shanties went from Cornwall to the Albert Hall

• 33 mins

The making of the 'Wish Man'

How a poor boy who was abandoned by his mother grew up to grant children’s dying wishes

• 26 mins

The scavenger who found a brass symphony

A trombone took Ronald Kabuye from the streets of Kampala to a world-famous stage

• 38 mins

Setting up a fake mafia to catch El Chapo

Crime boss is just one of the many undercover roles played by FBI agent Mike McGowan

• 38 mins

Mary Wilson: her life as a Supreme

How Mary Wilson became a Motown star and why she hated The Supremes’ early hits

• 17 mins

Swimming with polar bears – a photographer’s 'crazy' dream

Israeli photographer Amos Nachoum is known for his close-up encounters with predators

• 38 mins

We discovered we were stolen as babies

Maria Diemar and Daniel Olsson were adopted from Chile and brought up in Sweden

• 39 mins

Jail Time Records - songs from a Cameroon prison

Music producer Vidou H made an album while wrongly accused of murder

• 20 mins

Egypt's only woman rally driver who "dances with the dunes"

Yara Shalaby, Egypt's only woman rally driver who learned to “dance with the sand dunes"

• 17 mins

New York to Saigon: taking beers to my friends in a warzone

An epic mission to raise the morale of Chickie Donahue's friends fighting in Vietnam

• 26 mins

Taking over my parents' legendary jazz venue

Ben Jaffe's parents turned Preservation Hall into a New Orleans jazz institution

• 39 mins

My son found his birth mother using Google Earth

The story of Sue Brierley’s adopted son Saroo became the Oscar-nominated film Lion

• 40 mins

An Orthodox rapper in Jerusalem

Nissim Black is an American rapper who converted to Hasidic Judaism

• 22 mins

The Cuban dad who became a lifeline for Chernobyl's children

Manuel Barriuso was a medical translator in an historic humanitarian operation

• 29 mins

The sport I love damaged my brain

Former rugby player Alix Popham can't remember some of his finest moments on the pitch

• 36 mins

I hated the word 'albino'

Mala Bhargava learned to accept her white hair and skin when her face became famous

• 22 mins

The photoshoot that helped me grieve for my baby

A gifted photoshoot provided Ashley Jones comfort after her daughter died at 21 months

• 22 mins

The actress turning her back on Bollywood to follow her dad's dreams

Sonia Mann's father wrote her a letter on her birth, which has guided her life ever since

• 22 mins

The child labourer who became a star of Mexico's food scene

Eduardo Garcia picked fruit, then served time in prison, before achieving culinary fame

• 25 mins