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Bassem Youssef: Egypt鈥檚 revolutionary comedian

From heart surgeon to Arab Spring satirist 鈥� the rise and fall of Bassem Youssef

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The making of the 'Wish Man'

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

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The scavenger who found a brass symphony

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

• 44 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

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The 'illegal' backflip that shocked the Olympics

Surya Bonaly performed an 鈥榠llegal鈥� move that cemented her name in figure skating history

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Swimming with polar bears 鈥� a photographer鈥檚 'crazy' dream

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

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The video that turned our lives upside down

When a mum hit record on her son crying she couldn't have predicted the global reaction

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We discovered we were stolen as babies

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

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The man who didn't remember and the woman who never forgets

What it's like to lose years of memories, and how it feels to never forget a single day

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Jail Time Records: Songs from a Cameroon prison

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

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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

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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

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Taking over my parents' legendary jazz venue

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

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My son found his birth mother using Google Earth

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

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An Orthodox rapper in Jerusalem

Nissim Black is an American rapper who converted to Hasidic Judaism

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

Manuel Barriuso was a medical translator in an historic humanitarian operation

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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

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The sport I love damaged my brain

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

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I hated the word 'albino'

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

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The photoshoot that helped me grieve for my baby

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

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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

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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

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Married to a psychopath: My husband鈥檚 double life

Mary Turner Thomson鈥檚 life took a chilling turn after meeting the 鈥減erfect鈥� man online

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The birthday gift that survived the Holocaust

In 1942 Sylvia Cohn wrote her daughter a book of poems. They're her "greatest treasure"

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Fear and fantasy TV in the siege of Aleppo

The Syrian medic who found solace in TV as he ran rebel Aleppo鈥檚 only children鈥檚 hospital

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How did this diver cheat death?

Diver Chris Lemons was trapped on the North Sea bed for around 35 minutes without air

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My Mormon mum, my gay rights hero

Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black鈥檚 mum inspired him to fight for marriage equality

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The child spy and her secret agent parents

Sue-Ellen Doherty was trained by her parents to spy for Australia during the Cold War

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Abandoned at sea for three years

Sailor Vikash Mishra lived on a leaky cargo ship after its owners ran out of money

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From classical piano to rock stardom in Japan

Japanese rock star Yoshiki shares the personal story behind his songs

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