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Lives Less Ordinary Episodes

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    Opiyo’s law: Never let fear rule your life

    Nicholas Opiyo survived civil war to become one of Uganda’s top human rights lawyers

  2. Operating on Chimps in the Forest

    Ugandan vet Peter Apell dedicates his life to saving the lives of chimps injured by snares

  3. One man's quest to find MH370 plane

    The American lawyer on a solo mission to find the missing Malaysian airline

  4. Not Angry With My Daughter's Killer

    British father Nick Gazzard now protects other women from domestic abuse.

  5. New life for Berlin Tempelhof Airport

    Berlin's historic Tempelhof Airport is now being used to house thousands of migrants.

  6. Never ever give up: how Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida

    American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's thirty-year dream to swim from Cuba to Florida

  7. Nepal's Pioneering Muslim Lawyer

    Mohna Ansari is the first woman Muslim lawyer in Nepal

  8. Neo-Nazis Tried To Take Over Our Town

    Americans Sherrill and Bobby Harper resisted a white supremacist take-over of their area.

  9. Naked and alone: the comedian trapped in a reality TV show

    Nasubi had no idea his 15-month fight to survive was being broadcast on Japanese TV

  10. Nailed into a boat: Escaping Mao’s China

    Dr Andrew Kwong fled famine and persecution as a child

  11. Mystery of the wetsuit migrants

    Identifying two dead bodies washed up in identical wetsuits in Norway and the Netherlands

  12. My Son was Shot Dead for Playing Loud Music

    Ron Davis's son was shot dead in 2012 in a dispute over loud music.

  13. My Son Was killed by an Online Predator

    Lorin LaFave campaigns for internet safety after her son's killer groomed him on the web

  14. My son the suicide bomber

    Jordanian MP Mazen Dalaeen's son was radicalised and joined the Islamic State group.

  15. My secret mother

    Irish journalist Caitriona Palmer has kept her relationship with her birth mother hidden.

  16. My school for sex abuse survivors

    Alice Achan gave an education to girls who'd been kidnapped by the LRA in Uganda

  17. My romantic holiday ended in disaster

    Annette Herfkens shares her remarkable story of survival in the Vietnamese jungle

  18. My Mother Was Killed For Being HIV+

    Mandisa Dlamini returned to her community in South Africa to meet her mother's killers

  19. My Mission to Unite Somali Clans

    Adam Matan is working to break down tribal barriers between Somalis around the world.

  20. My life in seven swimming pools

    Amjed’s determined to teach kids in Gaza to swim no matter how many pools he has to build

  21. My husband thought I was an imposter

    Abi Morgan’s husband woke from a coma and didn’t recognise her

  22. My Greek restaurant became a refuge

    The Greek restaurant owner caring for thousands of migrants

  23. My grandmother walked the rabbit-proof fence

    Maria's grandmother was forcibly taken by Australian officials, but made a daring escape

  24. My Girlfriend Murdered Before My Eyes

    Claudia Brenner was hiking with her girlfriend when they were attacked by a gunman

  25. My friend, James Foley, beheaded by IS

    Brian Oakes on reclaiming the legacy of journalist James Foley who was killed in Syria

  26. My Friend Became an Islamist Leader

    How extremism in Mali shut down Manny Ansar's desert festival and radicalised his friend

  27. My firefight with elephant poachers

    Eric Mararv was shot on the frontline of DRC's battle against elephant poaching.

  28. My fight for life after croc attack

    Ofir Drori had to crawl for two days to get help after a crocodile bit his leg.

  29. My father’s hidden crimes

    Analía’s father was accused of being a government torturer — he said it was a lie

  30. My father was killed defending Palmyra

    Zenobia al-Asaad's father Khaled, head of antiquities at Palmyra, was beheaded by IS.

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