大象传媒

The girl who acted before Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin, for decades an unsung hero of the US civil rights movement

• 40 mins

Solving the puzzle: Crosswords, anorexia, and me

How Anna Shechtman recovered from anorexia and changed the world of crosswords

• 40 mins

Anne Frank鈥檚 stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz, part 1

The extraordinary Holocaust testimony of Eva Schloss and her memories of Anne Frank

• 40 mins

Anne Frank鈥檚 stepsister: How I survived Auschwitz, part 2

How Anne Frank鈥檚 diary led Eva Schloss to find her brother鈥檚 hidden Holocaust paintings

• 40 mins

Dynamo: Turning illness into magic

Crohn's disease has hampered the world-famous magician all his life

• 26 mins

My love affair with the instrument that reminds me of home

Syrian virtuoso musician Maya Youssef fell in love with the qanun as a child

• 40 mins

The crumbling old house that hid a treasure trove of art

It was a tiny, dilapidated cottage but inside the garage was something truly remarkable

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Mafia, a murder cover-up and a sister鈥檚 battle for justice

Who was behind Perween Rahman鈥檚 murder? Her sister was determined to uncover the truth

• 40 mins

How books helped me bond with my captors

Mar铆a Antonia Garc茅s was a hostage in Colombia. Her love of literature helped her survive

• 40 mins

The Cuban aristocrat with a revolutionary secret

Natalia Bolivar, a rich socialite, used her high class status to help topple a dictator

• 26 mins

The first African in Greenland

It took T茅t茅-Michel Kpomassie eight years to reach the Arctic from his home in Togo

• 40 mins

The refugee pilot who helped Afghans flee the Taliban

Zak Khogyani was forced to flee his home. Now he's helping others in the same position

• 40 mins

Gaming with Tourette鈥檚: Sweet Anita鈥檚 success story

Sweet Anita overcame loneliness and isolation to become a famous gamer online

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The artist who started out drawing war as a child refugee

Petrit Halilaj was just 13 years old when his drawings were beamed all over the world

• 40 mins

Modern birth: The man who had a baby

Freddy McConnell is a trans man who decided to have a baby

• 26 mins

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

• 40 mins

A descendant of chiefs: My long journey home

How Jesse Thistle, a homeless Indigenous man, found his identity and his calling

• 40 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

• 40 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

• 40 mins

Exposing Nigeria鈥檚 cough syrup crisis for my brother

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

• 26 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

• 40 mins

Inventing a surgery to cure myself

Doug Lindsay鈥檚 mystery illness baffled doctors, so he had to cure himself

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The blind skateboarder going for gold

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

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Soweto Uprising: What happened to my dad?

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

• 26 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.

• 40 mins

The Texan princess and the priceless villa

Rita Boncompagni's unexpected life led her from the US to an historic Italian home.

• 40 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

• 40 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

• 40 mins