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Lives Less Ordinary Episodes

  1. The hypermarch茅 hero

    The Malian living in Paris who saved Jewish shoppers under attack from an Islamist gunman

  2. The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle

    Gilbert Alaskadi was sick of being bullied; he wanted to be invincible.

  3. The Hiroshima survivor who's still shouting for peace

    Setsuko Thurlow knows what nuclear war looks like

  4. The Grandmother of Juneteenth, still battling for change at 98

    Opal Lee walked to Washington to demand a new national holiday marking the end of slavery

  5. The Godmother of Beirut's nightlife

    Under the boot of the Syrian army, Nicole Moudaber brought raves to Lebanon

  6. The former wrestler who wants your brain

    Wrestling with Hulk Hogan and The Rock, Chris Nowinski鈥檚 dream job ended after an injury

  7. The fisherman and the 'spy whale'

    Joar Hesten's mission to save a whale rumoured to have escaped from the Russian navy

  8. The fearless former nun fighting for India's seamstresses

    From convent to marriage to factory floor, Thivya will stand up for herself, and you

  9. The family that went to war with a military dictatorship

    Hafsat Abiola Costello's dad was nearly Nigeria's president - but he had powerful enemies

  10. The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

    Nick Stride said too much about his former boss, one of Putin鈥檚 closest allies

  11. The Ex-Con Criminal Lawyer

    Allan Haber spent over 15 years in prison for drug dealing but now he's a criminal lawyer

  12. The doctor who changed American Football

    Nigerian doctor Bennet Omalu found a link between American football and brain injuries.

  13. The DNA request that revealed my child had gone missing

    Cathy Terkanian turned sleuth when told the baby she鈥檇 had to give up, had disappeared

  14. The cricket star who learned to fly

    Ricky Ellcock鈥檚 rollercoaster life as a fast bowler and airline pilot

  15. The child spy and her secret agent parents

    Sue-Ellen Doherty was trained by her parents to spy for Australia during the Cold War

  16. The child gold miner buried alive

    The Ugandan man who was forced to work in an illegal gold mine at the age of 10

  17. The bullet that ended our friendship

    Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate

  18. The brain tumour that taught me how to live

    How extreme kayaker Scott Lindgren's illness forced him to face his past

  19. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

    Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

  20. The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

    Maxwell Smart survived the Holocaust by living in a makeshift bunker on the forest floor

  21. The Boy Forced to Wear a Suicide Vest

    Hilal Hamidi was kidnapped by the Taliban and trained to be a suicide bomber

  22. The Boxer who Defied Gaddafi

    The champion boxer from Libya whose career was halted when Gaddafi banned the sport.

  23. The blind man who hiked 6,000 miles

    Trevor Thomas has hiked more than 6,000 miles, despite being blind.

  24. The blind Holocaust survivor who caught a fugitive Nazi

    Lothar Hermann found out his neighbour was 鈥榓rchitect of the Holocaust鈥� Adolf Eichmann

  25. The Animal Sound Man from Cape Town

    Street performer William Jafta entertains the crowds with his animal impressions.

  26. The Afghan woman training imams

    Jamila Afghani is an Afghan woman who teaches imams in her country about women's rights

  27. The Afghan MP Who Ran Against Her Husband And Won

    Shukria Barakzai is a politician and women's rights campaigner in Afghanistan.

  28. The Afghan Cosmonaut Stuck in Orbit

    Abdul Ahad Mohmand was returning from a space mission when his engines failed

  29. The 33: Chile's Rescued Miners

    The story of how 33 Chilean miners survived 69 days trapped in a mine, and life since

  30. Teenage dreams on the Indian Ocean

    At the age of 13 Laura Dekker fought for her right to sail solo around the world

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