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Lives Less Ordinary
Lives Less Ordinary
BBC World Service

Have you ever locked eyes with a stranger and wondered, "What’s their story?" Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected.... more

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Episodes

The bullet that ended our friendship

Paul Rousseau was accidentally shot in the head by his best friend and flatmate. When Paul met Mark in the... more

16 Dec 2024 · 40 minutes
After doomsday: I outgrew a cult and became a professor

Jerald Walker grew up in the predominantly white, Worldwide Church of God – a doomsday cult that convinced its followers... more

09 Dec 2024 · 41 minutes
Naked and alone: the comedian trapped in a reality TV show

Nasubi had no idea his 15-month fight to survive was being broadcast on Japanese TV.In the late 1990s aspiring comedian... more

02 Dec 2024 · 46 minutes
How my mysterious childhood became a best-selling novel

Trent Dalton discovered he was on the fringe of one of Australia’s biggest crime stories. Back in the 1980s, when Trent... more

25 Nov 2024 · 40 minutes
The sports scandal scoop that almost destroyed me

In 1998 Finnish journalist Johanna Aatsalo uncovered a huge news story: a member of the much-revered Finnish cross-country ski team... more

18 Nov 2024 · 39 minutes
Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain

When he slid off a 40-metre cliff in the jungle, Morgan Segui thought he was sure to die.Three minutes without... more

11 Nov 2024 · 42 minutes
Looking for my son for 58 years, part 2

Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse never stopped looking for her son.An agent once told Lesley Pearse to "write what you know",... more

04 Nov 2024 · 23 minutes
Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse's own story is wilder than any romance.An agent once told Lesley Pearse to "write what you... more

28 Oct 2024 · 28 minutes
The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us

Dominic and Justin Hardy were young boys when their father, the director Robin Hardy, began a gruelling and obsessive quest... more

20 Oct 2024 · 45 minutes
"He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

Kieran Quinlan was on his way to a party when a man with a knife attacked him. Kieran Quinlan was... more

13 Oct 2024 · 41 minutes
Lives Less Ordinary
The bullet that ended our friendship
Lives Less Ordinary