The Stalker Inside My House

Amanda Playle's stalker turned out to be the person she least suspected

• 15 mins

Confessions of an Art Forger

How a talented art forger imitated some of the greatest artists of all time

• 19 mins

Trapped Inside a Flooding Elevator

The race against time to escape an elevator that's filling with water

• 17 mins

The Fraud and the Missing Boy

Meet the private investigator who helped expose the man who posed as a missing boy.

• 22 mins

The Mafia Bride Who Fought Back

After Piera Aiello’s Sicilian Mafia husband was murdered, she decided to turn informer

• 26 mins

Coming Out of a Coma to a Media Storm

Being attacked by a deer was just the beginning of the nightmare for Dr Kate Stone

• 16 mins

Kony 2012: My Breakdown After Viral Fame

Jason Russell on the public breakdown that followed his viral Kony 2012 campaign

• 23 mins

Held Hostage on the Chechen Frontline

Elena Nikitina was kidnapped off the street after a night out

• 18 mins

Telling My Dad's Khmer Rouge Story

French-Cambodian filmmaker Neary Adeline Hay on uncovering her dad's past

• 17 mins

The Great Escape of Bonga

Bonga Kuenda, the man who sang – and sprinted – for Angolan independence

• 25 mins

The Story of Spain's 'Stolen' Babies

Antonio Barroso and Juan Luis Moreno discovered they'd been bought by their families

• 15 mins

At the Centre of a Match Fixing Scandal

Nchimunya Mweeta was a star footballer at his club, but he was involved in corruption

• 19 mins

Winning a Boxing Title while on the Run

These days Martin Murray is a successful boxer, but he used to be a fugitive

• 15 mins

Spying on My Estranged Father

Why artist Jessamyn Lovell decided to become a private investigator.

• 22 mins

Adventures of the Counterfeit Catching Brothers

Rob and Jason Holmes were first recruited as undercover agents when they were children

• 26 mins

The Locksmith and the Love Letters

Colombian locksmith Humberto Restrepo writes love letters for other people

• 11 mins

Confronting The Nun Who Despised Me

Elizabeth Coppin survived prison-like conditions in institutions run by Catholic nuns

• 17 mins

Asked to Prove My Loyalty with Murder

During her time in a political cult as a teen, Sonja Larsen was given a shocking task

• 23 mins

From Prison to Rock God Video Director

When William McLellan was locked up in Spain, he went on a journey of introspection

• 15 mins

Greg Louganis: The death-defying diver

Blood, gold and secrets at the Olympic pool

• 29 mins

The Homeless Woman Scouted as a Model

Lorna Tucker was living on the streets when she was noticed by a model scout in London

• 15 mins

The Retiree who Broke the Lottery

Jerry Selbee found a way to crack the Lottery and ended up winning millions

• 18 mins

Regrets of a Punk Bank Robber

Gilles Bertin, the frontman of a French punk band ended up going on the run for 28 years

• 12 mins

Looking for Grandad - from New York to Samoa

Discovering the story of a grandfather's lost love

• 20 mins

South Africa's Abalone Underworld

What have giant sea snails got to do with gang violence and crystal meth in Cape Town?

• 26 mins

The Teenagers Who Wrote Their Way to The Palace

Four prize-winning writers who travelled thousands of miles for a royal reception.

• 39 mins

The Breaking Point of a Child Gymnast

Eileen Chai spent her childhood competing for Singapore but the pressure proved too great

• 17 mins

Watching a Pirate Film with Somali Captors

Journalist Michael Scott Moore was held hostage by pirates for two and a half years

• 22 mins

Steve Jobs: The Father Who Denied Me

Lisa Brennan-Jobs eventually reconciled with her dad after a complicated relationship

• 23 mins

A Nightmare in Joshua Tree

Claire Nelson was hiking in the US wilderness when she slipped and fell into a canyon

• 25 mins

Mumbai Attacks: Playing Dead to Survive

Police officer Arun Jadhav had to play dead under the bodies of his deceased colleagues

• 14 mins

Persuading a Serial Killer to Confess

The nightmarish experience of representing a murderer changed lawyer Kathleen Zellner

• 19 mins

I Found My Twin on YouTube

Anaïs had no idea her identical twin sister Samantha was on the other side of the world

• 19 mins

Putting My Hospital on a Tractor

Dr Evan Atar Adaha had to pack up his hospital and transport it to flee bombing in Sudan

• 16 mins

T La Rock, The Man Who Forgot He Was a Rap Legend

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

• 23 mins

The Bed that Saved Me from the Taliban

Greek pilot Vasileios Vasileiou hid in a bed frame to survive a Taliban attack

• 20 mins

Escaping Dubai with a Princess

In February, Tiina Jauhianen tried to help her friend Princess Latifa escape from Dubai

• 22 mins

Top Peruvian Chef: My Recipe for Life

Chef Martin Morales was forced to flee Peru during a bloody guerrilla conflict

• 15 mins

I Run a Radio Station from My Garden Shed

For decades Deke Duncan has run a radio station with only one listener - his wife

• 16 mins

Fighting for Pakistan's Condemned Prisoners

A murder, a Christian, and a miscarriage of justice

• 43 mins

Finding Out if my Mum Tried to Kill Me

Annie Price was badly burnt as a baby in a caravan fire - how it started was a mystery

• 16 mins

Sword Swallowing to Overcome Fear

MisSa Blue shocks audiences with her highly dangerous stunts

• 19 mins

A Note in the Wreckage of the Lockerbie Bombing

Paul Hudson's daughter died in a plane crash. Her notebook was found at the site

• 15 mins

Eric Idle: My Life with Monty Python

Eric Idle is a founding member of Monty Python, a group who changed the face of comedy

• 24 mins

Frank Sinatra's Australian Showdown

When Ol’ Blue Eyes made Australia see red

• 26 mins

Extraordinary Senses: The Attack that Made Me a Maths Genius

Jason Padgett was a party animal before a vicious attack turned him into a maths prodigy

• 41 mins

Extraordinary Senses: Amputee Who Could Touch Again

Dennis Aabo Sørensen was the first amputee to feel touch through a prosthetic

• 18 mins

Extraordinary Senses: The Cyborg Who Hears in Colour

Neil Harbisson underwent a controversial surgery to allow him to hear colour

• 19 mins

Extraordinary Senses: Smelling Things That Don't Exist

Alix Fox says certain emotions and locations elicit phantom smells

• 16 mins

Rescued by a Cruise Ship in a Hurricane

Edward Potter's fishing boat sank during Hurricane Irma

• 21 mins

The Corrupt Cop and The Innocent Man

How one man’s lies led to the wrongful conviction of 62 people and an unlikely friendship

• 24 mins

Extraordinary Senses: The Chef Who Couldn't Taste

Grant Achatz was running a famous restaurant when he was diagnosed with tongue cancer

• 26 mins

I Learned My Mum's Identity via SMS

It would take My Huong decades to uncover the truth about her birth family in Vietnam

• 40 mins

The Volunteer Who Caught a Killer

Therese Tang is a volunteer with Missing People Sweden

• 26 mins

My Road Trips with Martin Luther King

How a white teenager accidentally became the personal chauffeur to a civil rights leader

• 18 mins

Cutting Stars’ Hair and Overcoming Addiction

Former drug addict Chris McMillan on how he created Jennifer Aniston’s iconic hairstyle

• 23 mins

Addicted to My Son's Addiction

The American father and son whose struggle with addiction inspired the film Beautiful Boy

• 26 mins

Discovering I’d Been Sterilised

Navajo woman Jean Whitehorse learned she’d been sterilised when her appendix was removed

• 23 mins

A Sister's Search for Justice

Stefano Cucchi died after he was arrested. Ilaria Cucchi wanted the truth

• 23 mins

One of the ‘Most Dangerous People’ in the World

The tobacco industry saw campaigning doctor Judith Mackay as a serious threat

• 15 mins

The Pop Star with a Prison Past

Nathi Mankayi spent four years in a South African prison. He’s now a music sensation

• 17 mins

Escape From Abu Ghraib

The dramatic life of a scientist who refused to build an atomic bomb for Saddam Hussein

• 26 mins

Police killed our sons, together we seek justice

Maria Hamilton and Doretha Lock were united by the shooting of their sons in the US

• 22 mins

Breaking the Silence on Domestic Abuse

Maria Maidana has spoken out about her experience of abuse to help others in Argentina

• 18 mins

The Transgender Boxer Making History

Patricio Manuel is the first professional transgender boxer in the United States

• 17 mins

The Making of a Fashion Icon

André Leon Talley went from a modest life in North Carolina, to Vogue magazine

• 16 mins

My Life as a Millennial Yoruba Priestess

Omitonade’s world of deities, divination, and mobile phones

• 26 mins

The Story of My Face Transplant

Cameron Underwood's operation united him with the mother of his donor and his surgeon

• 81 mins

A Sex Tape was Used to Silence Me

Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova was blackmailed after investigating corruption

• 20 mins

The Mountaineers Breaking Race Barriers

Rosemary Saal was part of the first all African-American team to climb Denali

• 15 mins

Making Contact with a Remote Tribe

The Indian anthropologist who made friendly contact with a remote Sentinelese tribe

• 14 mins

Sewing to Survive

The Cambodian child dressmaker who achieved her fashion dreams

• 22 mins

The North Korean Diver and the Octopus

Park Myongho defected from North Korea and now spends his days diving for octopuses

• 20 mins

What Stopped Me from Becoming a Killer

Hyppolite Ntigurirwa saw his father killed in the Rwandan genocide. He wanted revenge

• 19 mins

Using a Tampon Nearly Killed Me

Lauren Wasser lost both her legs after suffering a rare case of toxic shock syndrome

• 20 mins

Hong Kong’s Rebel Pop Star

Denise Ho was a pop sensation but risked it all in the name of democracy

• 23 mins

Bringing Down a Dictator

One lawyer’s perilous journey to bring a war criminal to justice

• 26 mins

The Triplets Separated by a Secret Study

How three identical triplets found each other, despite being intentionally split up

• 24 mins

The Mother Choosing to Love her 'Enemy'

Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to save radicalised young men after her son was killed by gunman

• 17 mins

Flipper’s Trainer Turned Dolphin Saviour

When star dolphin Flipper died, its trainer Ric O’Barry turned to activism

• 21 mins

'My Editor Was Killed by Pablo Escobar'

Journalist Maria Duzan reported from the frontlines of Colombia’s drug wars

• 12 mins

I accidentally discovered that I’m a psychopath

Dr Jim Fallon was studying his own brain when he made a disturbing discovery

• 18 mins

Vietnam's first family of rock ‘n’ roll

How a bunch of pre-teen kids became the biggest rock ‘n’ roll band in wartime Saigon

• 28 mins

Life lessons from Indian sex workers

Ashok Alexander worked with sex workers to tackle HIV in India

• 23 mins

The story that saved my child's life

Louise Beech's daughter was ill and losing hope. A bedtime story turned things around

• 23 mins

My son’s death was ‘absolutely beautiful’

Nurse Jessica Hanson’s own loss inspired her to change the way others experience death

• 20 mins

The truth about my ‘hero’ grandfather

Silvia Foti uncovered shocking evidence about her grandfather who was seen as a war hero

• 22 mins

The brothers who made Mary Poppins sing

Richard M. Sherman reveals the secrets behind some of Disney’s most beloved songs

• 26 mins

‘I still feel the bullets in my head’

James Myers survived being shot in the face five times

• 17 mins

The frontline music therapist

Composer Nigel Osborne teaches children in war zones how to play instruments

• 18 mins

My pen pal Abu Hamza

London vicar Stephen Coles on his correspondence with the radical cleric Abu Hamza

• 22 mins

Why I photograph sex workers

Photographer Bruce Gilden’s latest series features a group of sex workers in Miami

• 17 mins

The disability activist who was 'born red'

Carly Findlay has a rare skin condition that covers her body with scaly red skin

• 12 mins

The celestial treasure hunters

An unlikely duo’s insatiable and dangerous hunt for space rocks

• 26 mins

Justice for my sister Marie Colvin

Cat Colvin believed the journalist had been deliberately killed by the Syrian Government

• 22 mins

The wild world of Germany’s punk princess

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis became famous for her wild parties and bold outfits

• 20 mins

Cherno Samba: Struggles of a virtual football star

The London footballer's career slumped, but on a virtual football game he became a legend

• 17 mins

The Danish woman who went to fight IS

Joanna Palani on why she took the drastic decision that's led to her imprisonment

• 23 mins

The Korean athlete exposing sexual abuse

Former tennis player Eunhee Kim has lifted the lid on sexual abuse in South Korean sport

• 15 mins