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I was a surrogate mum to a parrot chick to save it from extinction

Argentinian Marianela Masat made history when red-and-green macaws were born in the wild

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Going undercover in a cartel’s wild prison-HQ

Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez found a playground, a nightclub and a zoo inside

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The forbidden lovers who plotted a daring escape

Karl-Heinz and Hedi were kept apart by the Iron Curtain and the East German secret police

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Finding a rare portrait, and the boy hidden in its paint

Art collector Jeremy Simien’s quest to find a lost portrait and a vanished, enslaved boy

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My life as rock's first female roadie

Tana Douglas was rock's first female roadie but hid a monumental secret to fit in

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Lessons of an Afghan girl disguised as a boy for ten years

Nilofar says the freedoms of her ‘boyhood’ still define her as an Afghan woman

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'Russia formed me' - The odyssey of a people-trafficked poet

Eric Ngalle Charles was just a teenager when he was taken from Cameroon to Moscow

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The 'five careers' of Bettye Lavette

The rocky road from her first hit at age 16 to global recognition at 63

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The ballet secret that got father and son grooving again

When artist Jamie Ross discovered his dad’s hidden dance career, their bond was revived

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Memory isn't black and white: Girl on a Spacehopper

'The portrait you'd love to have of yourself as a child' – but who is she?

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Fighting for my brother, Egypt’s most famous political prisoner, part 1

Alaa and Sanaa became icons of Egypt’s revolution, but their biggest battle was to come

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Fighting for my brother, Egypt’s most famous political prisoner, part 2

A family bond unbroken by prison, Sanaa won’t give up until her brother Alaa is free

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Milli Vanilli: Story of a pop Scandal

Fab Morvan was part of Milli Vanilli when the pop band's secret came to light

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The lost hiker who said goodbye with his hat

Ed Rosenthal got lost in the desert in the middle of a heatwave

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Ghana's first photojournalist who found fame in his 90s

James Barnor's work had fallen into obscurity but then came a surprise revival.

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Plans and dreams: The adventures of a wandering guitarist

Growing up poor in Uganda, musician Jon Muq was short on plans, but always big on dreams

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Reconnecting with the boy in the picture - me

When Edel Rodriguez left Cuba he had no idea he was becoming part of history

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An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief

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The wipeout that nearly killed me

Surfer Owen Wright was on track to become World Champion when he was hit by a giant wave

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'A dream is a dream': the man who refused to give up

Solomon Lefakane longed to become a doctor, but apartheid South Africa tried to stop him

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Behind the lens: How two icons of film-making fell in love

When Martin Scorsese’s hero Michael Powell met his editor Thelma Schoonmaker, sparks flew

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Meat Boy and other stories: My life in video games

Edmund McMillen’s childhood pain inspired poignant video games that captivated millions

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Becoming Gamal, part 1: Magic and misadventure

Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

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Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge

Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

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Agent Orange: A Vietnamese grandmother's last battle

Tran To Nga is fighting to get compensation for victims of the toxic herbicide

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The former boxer who helped avert a plane hijack

On a flight in 2018 Tarik Sahibeddine found himself at the centre of a drama in the sky

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The Holocaust survivor who became my ‘adopted grandfather’

When journalist Chitra Ramaswamy met 99-year-old Henry Wuga, they fell in platonic love

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Patricia Cornwell: Writing the hero I needed as a child

As a child she faced cruelty, as an adult her crime-busting creation transformed her life

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'We sweat together': Risking it all to help North Korean defectors

Pastor Kim Seongeun has crossed icy rivers and dense jungle to rescue over 1,000 people

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The man who finds water in the desert

Why Alain Gachet quit a lucrative career in oil to search for water underground

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