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Lives Less Ordinary

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

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Ranked #1

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The woman who fell from the sky, part 2

The woman who fell from the sky, part 2

How a jump changed daring parachutist Tony Osornio's life forever.Tony was Mexico's best precision skydiver and the firs... Read more

13 Aug 2023

38mins

Ranked #2

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The woman who fell from the sky, part 1

The woman who fell from the sky, part 1

Tony Osornio would go to dangerous extremes to keep skydiving.She was born into a conservative family, and decided to ma... Read more

6 Aug 2023

40mins

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

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

By 1981, Pakistani-born immigrant Tariq Mehmood had endured years of violent racism in Britain. When he heard that gangs... Read more

30 Jul 2023

40mins

Ranked #4

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

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

As a Pakistani immigrant teenager in 1970s Britain, Tariq Mehmood endured homelessness and years of violent racism. He f... Read more

23 Jul 2023

41mins

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I save chimpanzees and they've saved me

I save chimpanzees and they've saved me

Stany Nyandwi's rescued chimpanzees helped him through war and loneliness.As a young boy Stany made money selling sugarc... Read more

16 Jul 2023

39mins

Ranked #6

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Who is this kneeling man?

Who is this kneeling man?

My search for the truth about my father and Martin Luther King’s assassination.Leta McCollough Seletzky grew up knowing ... Read more

9 Jul 2023

54mins

Ranked #7

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How I survived a pirate hijack

How I survived a pirate hijack

Marine engineer Chirag Bahri was trapped for eight gruelling months on a chemical tanker.Chirag loved his job working in... Read more

2 Jul 2023

41mins

Ranked #8

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Love, war, and the cutting room floor

Love, war, and the cutting room floor

Mariam and Mohammed are Yemeni filmmakers who turned the lens on their own relationship.Mariam Al-Dhubhani and Mohammed ... Read more

25 Jun 2023

41mins

Ranked #9

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He was almost a mass shooter – an act of kindness stopped him

He was almost a mass shooter – an act of kindness stopped him

Aaron Stark now works to raise awareness around why mass attacks happen.Aaron had a chaotic and violent childhood, and b... Read more

18 Jun 2023

42mins

Ranked #10

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Teenage dreams on the Indian Ocean

Teenage dreams on the Indian Ocean

At the age of 13 Laura Dekker fought for her right to sail solo around the world.Laura comes from a family of sailing en... Read more

11 Jun 2023

40mins

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