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Surviving apartheid to make maritime history

Captain Knowledge Bengu led the voyage to discover Shackleton's lost ship Endurance

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Saving the songs of the Sahara

The defiant life of desert music pioneer Fadimata Walet Oumar

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The dancing prodigy who became Prince鈥檚 greatest muse

Mayte Garcia was Prince鈥檚 first wife and one of his biggest musical inspirations

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The champion boxer without a country to fight for

Boxer Bilal Fawaz was trafficked to the UK from Nigeria as a teenager

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'A little bit Indiana Jones'

The archaeologist who risked his life for a mysterious prehistoric artefact

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The teenager pilot who flew around the world

Zara Rutherford broke records in her microlight - and more stories of teenage pioneers

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Making movies helped me heal after my dad's murder

Rwandan director Jo毛l Karekezi explores trauma he experienced during the 1994 genocide

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How I discovered the Wood Wide Web

Suzanne Simard discovered how trees communicate underground

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Tales of modern marriage: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Nia Vardalos on how her own love story became a hit romantic comedy

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The love story behind Nasa's alien mixtape

Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan fell in love while making Nasa鈥檚 historic Voyager Golden Record

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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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'This is what a barrister looks like'

Alexandra Wilson is the young black woman changing the face of Britain鈥檚 legal system

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My dad died a Ugandan Aids pioneer

Tezra Lutaaya's musician dad, Philly Lutaaya, came out publicly as an Aids victim

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The Syrian refugee helping people escape Ukraine

Tareq Alaows had his own perilous journey to safety, now he鈥檚 helping others fleeing war

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The baby chimpanzees helping me heal

Mama Zawadi takes care of orphaned chimps caught up in the violence in DR Congo

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The Guantanamo Bay Muslim chaplain accused of being a spy

James Yee was a US soldier who found himself behind bars, threatened with execution

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Twenty-three years longing to find my mum

Omar and Hassan Mohamed are two Somali brothers who never stopped looking for their mum

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Bike-riding bank robber, part 1

Olympic hopeful to audacious thief 鈥� the racing cyclist who turned to crime

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Bike-riding bank robber, part 2

The FBI close in. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a wake-up call when police are trying to shoot you.鈥�

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Coming out as India鈥檚 first gay prince

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, heir to a royal dynasty, risked it all to be his true self

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The heart of a heart surgeon

Stephen Westaby has operated on 12,000 hearts

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My revolutionary 70s summer camp

Jim LeBrecht remembers Camp Jened, a revolutionary summer camp for disabled teenagers

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Recipes and storytelling: changing perceptions of Chinese food

Elizabeth Chong has transformed the reputation of Chinese food and culture in Australia

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You wanted me dead, but look at me now

Anne鈥檚 village thought her disability made her worthless. She had other ideas.

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My life as a midwife on the frontline

Anna Kent has delivered babies in some of the most troubled places in the world

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Batonga! How a made-up word guided Ang茅lique Kidjo鈥檚 life

Benin鈥檚 multi Grammy-winning diva on her fight for musical freedom and justice for women

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When trash met thrash: Paraguay's landfill musicians

How a youth orchestra of tin-can violins and X-ray drums got the attention of Megadeth

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India鈥檚 first all-women newsroom

How Dalit childhood friends Kavita and Meera are shaking up journalism in India

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We need to talk about Carlo

Donna discovers her ex fianc茅鈥檚 secret life

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How I brought my jailer to justice

Chance brought Syrian journalist Amer Matar face-to-face with his former captor

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