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The dramatic journey of Jamaica鈥檚 first Olympic bobsleigh

Dudley Stokes drove Jamaica鈥檚 first Olympic bobsleigh and inspired the film Cool Runnings

• 38 mins

Attacked and accused of lying 鈥� my long fight for the truth

In 1993 Donna Palomba was assaulted in her home, then police accused her of making it up

• 39 mins

The forgotten story of a pioneering Olympic champion

Wyomia Tyus was the first person to win gold in the 100m in two consecutive Olympic Games

• 23 mins

Exposing Nigeria鈥檚 cough syrup crisis, for my brother

Why Ruona Meyer joined the frontline in the war against codeine cough syrup

• 27 mins

My symphony to a soccer 鈥榖ad-boy鈥�

How a Finnish composer鈥檚 muse would steal the show on the biggest night of his career

• 23 mins

The blind skateboarder going for gold

When skateboarder Justin Bishop went blind, he worried he鈥檇 lost the sport he loved

• 23 mins

Soweto Uprising: What happened to my dad?

Janet Goldblatt's father was murdered, but the full story would take decades to emerge.

• 23 mins

My stolen 鈥榤agic鈥� guitar, found after 45 years

Solving the mystery of rock star Randy Bachman鈥檚 beloved guitar which disappeared in 1976

• 40 mins

The violin that saved a Jewish family

Natalie Cumming's violin helped her family survive starvation, persecution, and torture

• 39 mins

Becoming an elder in the community I was stolen from as a baby

How Australian Dianne O'Brien discovered her Indigenous heritage - and her calling

• 31 mins

The false confessions of a serial killer

Thomas Quick was Sweden鈥檚 most notorious serial killer. Then he retracted his confessions

• 26 mins

The giant window and the race against time

Artists Tim Carey and Narcissus Quagliata built the world's biggest stained glass window

• 14 mins

My long-lost sister was a surrogate mother to my twins

When adoptee Mark found his long-lost sister Rachel, it led to a remarkable offer

• 40 mins

The priest leading the fight for LGBT rights in Poland

How Szymon Niemiec combined his faith and activism to found Poland's first Gay Pride

• 32 mins

Why I鈥檓 singing songs for my transgender dad

Musician Frank Turner was estranged from his father for years; now they鈥檙e finally close

• 40 mins

Driven by jealousy: the Chippendales murder plot

Co-founder Bruce Nahin gives the inside story on the male strip club's troubled past

• 37 mins

Mountains took my family - but I love them

Kate Ballard lost her mum and brother to the Himalayas but finds joy on the slopes

• 23 mins

Running an underground newspaper during the Syrian uprising

Kholoud Helmi paid a high price to start one of Syria's only independent newspapers

• 40 mins

The child preacher who exposed a con

Marjoe Gortner's life as an evangelical conman and his Oscar-winning undercover act

• 37 mins

I survived an avalanche, but the real challenge came after

Joe Yelverton's life changed in an instant when he was hit by an avalanche in Alaska

• 38 mins

My mum Poly Styrene, a punk icon

Poly Styrene brought her distinctive voice and neon outfits to the 1970s punk scene

• 37 mins

I鈥檓 a disaster expert 鈥� and it helped me get through my own

Disaster recovery expert Lucy Easthope used her skills to cope with personal tragedy

• 39 mins

The sisters reuniting separated siblings at camp

Lynn Price and Andi Andree didn't find out they were sisters until the ages of 8 and 9

• 22 mins

Dressing Beyonc茅: It started with a Barbie outfit

Artist Osman Yousefzada's love of clothes came from watching his mum sew for neighbours

• 34 mins

Escaping a life on a dumpsite with classical music

Extraordinary first person stories from around the world

• 22 mins

How my father鈥檚 stories shielded me from civil war

When war came to Liberia, Way猫tu Moore鈥檚 dad was determined to protect her from reality

• 38 mins

Drawing is my language: the artist who recreates cities from memory

Austistic savant Stephen Wiltshire has a gift for drawing the world in perfect detail

• 24 mins

The drag queen who ran for president of the United States

Joan Jett Blakk ran for office in 1992 to raise awareness about the Aids crisis

• 29 mins

The astronaut who made a quilt in Space

Astronaut Dr Karen Nyberg launched a sewing project from the International Space Station

• 23 mins