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Mandela - The Private Life of A Public Man

On the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth, we hear rare insights into his private life

• 41 mins

Inside The Mind of a Big Wave Surfer

Rodrigo Koxa surfed a record breaking wave that had once nearly killed him

• 15 mins

Like Fresh Water in the Desert

Nelly Ben Or is a Polish concert pianist who survived the Holocaust with the aid of music

• 26 mins

Why I Had to Bury My Husband Twice

Fabiola Hernández Guevara didn't realise she was praying at her husband's killers' grave

• 15 mins

Dancing with Madonna Kept Me Alive

Salim Gauwloos danced on Madonna’s Blond Ambition tour. But he was keeping a secret

• 16 mins

Bringing Mexico's Missing People Â鶹ԼÅÄ

Graciela Perez Rodriguez has helped create a DNA database to find people who are missing

• 18 mins

The Impact of Taking the Wrong Train

When Siraj Khan ran away from home at the age of 10, his entire life was transformed

• 13 mins

The king of the wild blue sky

The stormy life of Jerry Foster, America’s first flying newsman

• 26 mins

The Leading Lawyer Who Once Robbed Banks

Shon Hopwood used to be a bank robber but in prison he discovered he had a talent for law

• 22 mins

Grieving with a Herd of Elephants

Françoise Malby-Anthony mourned the loss of her husband with their elephants

• 14 mins

Giving a Voice to Young Women in Yemen

Amani Yahya is one of Yemen's best known female rappers

• 14 mins

From Kenyan Street Child to Sushi Master

Brian Ochieng learned to cook when he was living rough on the streets of Nairobi

• 11 mins

The Story of the Baby Found in a Cinema Toilet

Rob Weston was abandoned in 1956 and spent decades trying to find his family

• 17 mins

Keeping Love Alive on Death Row

Yemi Hailemariam’s long, hard struggle to save her fiancé from execution in Ethiopia

• 28 mins

The Music Bus Crossing the Gang Divide

Justin Finlayson is a London bus driver working to stop gang violence

• 18 mins

I Didn't Realise I was Â鶹ԼÅÄless

Filmmaker Elegance Bratton slept on the streets of New York and New Jersey for eight years

• 20 mins

Playing Dead to Survive Afghan Siege

Breshna Musazai was shot three times during a siege by militants at her university

• 13 mins

My Golden Voice Saved Me from Addiction

Ted Williams was homeless in the US when a recording of his "golden voice" went viral

• 12 mins

The Iraqi Ballerina Who Won't Stop Dancing

Leezan Salam has risked her life to keep dancing in Baghdad

• 9 mins

Born in Prison, Destined for Crime?

Deborah Jiang-Stein spent the first year of her life in prison and almost returned there

• 18 mins

You Tuk-Tuk my Breath Away

The love story between a rickshaw driver from Delhi and a Swiss tourist

• 14 mins

Tennis Star to Black Panther Writer

Nigerian American author Nnedi Okorafor on writing Black Panther

• 19 mins

I Got a Slave for My Birthday

Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane from Mauritania went from slave owner abolitionist

• 14 mins

The Making of a Disco Star

Marcia Barrett was a lead singer of the chart-conquering disco band, Boney M

• 26 mins

Kofi Annan: In His Own Words

An in-depth interview with the former UN Secretary-General - he spoke to Outlook in 2012

• 22 mins

Viv Albertine: Pioneering Punk Star

Viv Albertine of The Slits felt she had to hide her punk star past from her daughter

• 18 mins

Boy Who Survived Being Shot Eight Times

Waleed Khan was 12 years old when militants attacked his school in Peshawar in 2014

• 22 mins

Guatemala's Accidental Revolutionary

How a grandmother launched some of the biggest protests in Guatemalan history

• 16 mins

Saving Lives on Chicago's South Side

Dr Abdullah Pratt and the South Side's fight for a trauma centre.

• 26 mins

First he gave his liver, then his heart

Heather Krueger was dying and needed a donor fast, when a handsome stranger stepped in

• 12 mins