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The violin maker's salvation

Hans Benning found love through his work repairing the world's most priceless instruments

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My son, the pop concert, and the law in his name

Figen Murray's son Martyn was killed in the Manchester Arena bombing of 2017

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My close encounters with Escobar's hippos

Jonathan Shurin studies the ecological effects of hippos once owned by the drug lord

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Crowns and controversy at Miss World 1970

Jennifer Hosten became the first black Miss World at a particularly historical ceremony

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I fled North Korea for playing the wrong song

Pianist Kim Cheol-woong defected after being interrogated for playing a western song

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How I turn prisoners into violin virtuosos

Tito Quiroz found himself in a tough Mexican prison, tasked with teaching music lessons

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My life as a frontline doctor in Afghanistan

Marzia Salam Yaftali on dealing with the Taliban, misogyny and the threat of coronavirus

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Inside the mind of a teenage neo-Nazi

Former neo-Nazi leader Christian Picciolini now helps people escape extremist groups

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My Fianc茅 鈥� Jamal Khashoggi

Hatice Cengiz was engaged to journalist Jamal Khashoggi when his death shocked the world

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My patients fought Aids, I fought the system

Cliff Morrison pioneered a new way to care for Aids patients as a nurse in San Francisco

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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

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Coming out made me a world-class rugby referee

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

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How home-schooling shaped me

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

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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

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The NYC doctor hiding his fear fighting Covid-19

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

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Literary SOS

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

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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

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Why I dive on my birthday

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

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The lightning bolt that made me a music maestro

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

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Stranded in the jungle on our honeymoon

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

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Hiding the truth behind my NFL stardom

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

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My revolutionary 70s summer camp

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

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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

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The face-blind portrait artist

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

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Mr Motivator: from homeless to household name

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

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The Tale of the King of the Wild Blue Sky

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

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The mayor and the art heist mystery

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

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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

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How the Donut King lost his crown

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

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The actor who preferred to die rather than stop filming

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

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