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    Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy鈥檚 odyssey

    Osel Hita Torres was a baby when he was recognised as a reincarnated spiritual leader

  2. British music icon David Bowie

    A rare interview with singer David Bowie from 2002

  3. Britain鈥檚 infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth

    When he was four, Jason Evans鈥� dad died after contracting HIV from contaminated blood

  4. Bringing the Muppets to Moscow

    Natasha Lance Rogoff鈥檚 daunting task of making Sesame Street in post-Soviet Russia

  5. Bringing schools to Bangladeshi hills

    The Harvard student from the Bangladeshi hills bringing education to hundreds of children

  6. Bringing sanitary pads to refugees

    Yoga teacher Amy Peake on her mission to start a sanitary pad factory in a refugee camp

  7. Bringing home the prime minister鈥檚 gold tooth

    Juliana Lumumba had to fight to reclaim the remains of her father, Patrice Lumumba.

  8. Breaking World Records From Prison Gym

    Whilst in prison for planning an armed robbery, John McAvoy broke sporting world records.

  9. Breaking my addiction to war

    Fergal Keane's work as a war correspondent was destroying him, but he couldn't stop

  10. Brazil's loneliest fan and his footballing fairytale

    Tiago Rech went viral when he was the only supporter in the stands at his club's game

  11. Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 2

    Self-defence is no offence: how anti-racist activist Tariq Mehmood made UK legal history

  12. Bradford 12: The Asian youth who took on the racists, part 1

    Immigrant teen Tariq Mehmood led a movement to resist violent racism in 1970s Britain

  13. Boxing Saved My Life

    Australian boxing star Joe Williams on his big fight with depression

  14. Bonus: The Black 14

    The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism

  15. Bonus Podcast: Death in Ice Valley

    A special preview of the new podcast Death in Ice Valley

  16. Bombed on the operating table

    When bombs hit a hospital in Kunduz, Baynazar Mohammad Nazar was on the operating table.

  17. Black, Korean, stateless: a Slickyboy鈥檚 American dream, part 2

    An outcast from birth and a petty thief by 7, all Milton wanted was to find his dad

  18. Black, Korean, stateless: A Slickyboy鈥檚 American dream, part 1

    An outcast from birth and a petty thief by seven, all Milton wanted was to find his dad

  19. Black boy joy: defying stereotypes on the London stage

    Ryan Calais Cameron鈥檚 stories and characters shattered convention in UK theatre

  20. Black boy joy: defying stereotypes on the London stage

    Ryan Calais Cameron鈥檚 stories and characters shattered convention in UK theatre

  21. Bitten Six Times by Poisonous Snakes

    Bitten 6 times by poisonous snakes - why one snake handler has invented a new anti-venom

  22. 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�

  23. Bike-riding bank robber, part 1

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

  24. Bhutan's Happiness Guru

    Saamdu Chetri has been tasked by the government with making people happy.

  25. Bhutan's condom man

    One man's journey through Bhutan distributing condoms to the nation

  26. Behind the locked door

    The Austrian house where a doctor experimented on children

  27. Behind the locked door

    The Austrian house where a doctor experimented on children

  28. Becoming Gamal, part 2: Behind the badge

    Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

  29. Becoming Gamal, part 1: Magic and misadventure

    Gamal Turawa has lived many lives - but never fitted in

  30. Becoming Blair 'the Flair': a boxer on the run, part 2

    In the ring, Blair finds calm amidst the chaos of his life

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