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The tale of the little Countess's little cello

How a 180-year-old miniature cello shaped the musical dreams of two American girls

• 36 mins

Elza Soares: invincible queen of samba

Singer Elza Soares survived poverty and public scandal to become a music legend in Brazil

• 26 mins

Why I made a film in which I kill my dad

When Kirsten Johnson’s dad got dementia she found an unusual way to cope

• 39 mins

My husband came back from the dead

How an accident and a case of mistaken identity changed one couple's lives forever

• 22 mins

Seven songs to mourn seven black men

Joel Thompson is behind a composition about the killing of black men in the USA

• 31 mins

The rebel musicians fighting India’s caste system

The Casteless Collective is a protest band who challenge caste oppression through song

• 21 mins

The video that turned our lives upside down

When a mum hit record on her son crying she couldn't have predicted the global reaction

• 22 mins

Defending my dream cost my mother her life

Two-time US poet laureate Natasha Trethewey turned to poetry after her mother's murder

• 23 mins

I ran with the men, and changed history

Kathrine Switzer was attacked for running in the men-only 1967 Boston Marathon

• 40 mins

Tasting the desert with Chile's leading forager

Patricia Pérez sells the rare herbs she finds in the Atacama desert to Chile's top chefs

• 15 mins

Moana: the Polynesian family behind the smash hit songs

Musician Opetaia Foa'i fought for the Disney movie to stay true to Pacific culture

• 23 mins

The match-making tree and other tales of unexpected romance

From the world's most romantic postbox to a persecuted couple’s perilous ocean voyage

• 40 mins

The Beninese singer hustling for success in New York

Shirazee endured homelessness and a threat of deportation as he pursued his music dreams

• 22 mins

‘I am sinking. This is not a joke. MAYDAY’

Disaster struck when Kevin Escoffier’s boat split during the perilous Vendée Globe race

• 22 mins

'Document everything. Trust no one'

Omar Mohammed went undercover to expose IS atrocities in his blog Mosul Eye

• 38 mins

The Iranian avocado quest that led to prison

The saga to free journalist Jason Rezaian from Iran’s most notorious prison

• 26 mins

The rap star saved by a nursing home

After losing his memory T La Rock forgot he was famous and had to learn to rap again

• 23 mins

My abuser used an alien plot to brainwash me

Jan Broberg and her mum Mary Ann share how a trusted friend kidnapped Jan – twice

• 38 mins

Who says I can't go to school?

How an Afghan girl defied the Taliban by setting up a secret classroom

• 34 mins

Escaping lockdown in the Coral City

The urban reef webcam bringing together a community around the globe

• 26 mins

The gourmet chef who used to beg for food

How a childhood on the streets of India prepared Sash Simpson to become a top chef

• 21 mins

That time I DJed from space

The astronaut who headlined a rave while he was in orbit and other extraordinary gigs

• 40 mins

Inside the hospitals of lockdown Wuhan

Filmmaker Hao Wu got unprecedented footage from four hospitals during Wuhan's lockdown

• 23 mins

My life by Whitney Houston's side

Robyn Crawford and the superstar singer were inseparable for two decades

• 39 mins

The record-breaking runner who hated her legs

Mimi Anderson's desire for thinner legs took her from the treadmill to ultra-marathons

• 22 mins

The broken computer that unlocked my fortune

From 'dumpster baby' to millionaire: Freddie Figgers uses his tech mastery to help others

• 22 mins

The voyage of The Fisherman's Friends

How a group of friends with a love for sea shanties went from Cornwall to the Albert Hall

• 33 mins

The making of the 'Wish Man'

How a poor boy who was abandoned by his mother grew up to grant children’s dying wishes

• 26 mins

The scavenger who found a brass symphony

A trombone took Ronald Kabuye from the streets of Kampala to a world-famous stage

• 38 mins

Setting up a fake mafia to catch El Chapo

Crime boss is just one of the many undercover roles played by FBI agent Mike McGowan

• 38 mins