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Outlook

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

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The ex-Special Forces officer and the hostage rescue of a friend
Gene Yu’s US Army training helped him plan an unsanctioned mission in the Philippines.
01 May 2025,40 mins
Surviving one of Uganda's oldest anti-homosexuality laws
Rihanna faced life imprisonment for her sexuality in an historic LGBTQ trial
30 Apr 2025,40 mins
Salvation in tacos - escaping cartel violence for the kitchen
When gangs threatened Manolo de la Torre's life, he fled to London - and started cooking
29 Apr 2025,40 mins
Painting faces in search of myself and my mum
Separated from his mum as a boy, Juano Diaz drew her face over and over again
28 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A princess, a penguin and a beatboxer
Dancing classes with Princess Diana, a penguin’s lessons and a school for beatboxers
25 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #4: Georgiana and the food that makes men cry
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
24 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #3: Sarah, the surgeon who performs "magic"
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
23 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #2: Fanta, the collector of lost objects
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
22 Apr 2025,40 mins
Chain Reaction #1: Amina’s escape and the missing tiger
The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together
21 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Books Changing Lives
Four people, each on a collision course with a book that changed them
18 Apr 2025,40 mins
The penguin that followed a teacher home
Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird
17 Apr 2025,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 2
ANC spy Sue Dobson infiltrated the South African government. Then her cover was blown.
16 Apr 2025,40 mins
The spy who wanted to bring down apartheid, part 1
Sue Dobson was a white South African who risked her life as an ANC secret agent
15 Apr 2025,40 mins
Undercover in Mumbai: The 'Lady James Bond' of India
Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective
14 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: The show must go on
The people behind the making of the most unlikely, dangerous and ambitious music concerts
11 Apr 2025,40 mins
Caleb versus the Criminal Code
Caleb Orozco will always be known for risking his life to revoke Belize’s anti-sodomy law
10 Apr 2025,40 mins
Dances with Diana: My secret lessons with the princess
In 1981 Anne received a call - could she teach Diana, the Princess of Wales to dance?
09 Apr 2025,40 mins
Our forbidden language became a weapon in WW2
Laura Tohe uncovers her father's classified life as a Navajo Code Talker
08 Apr 2025,40 mins
Iraq's teenage war reporter
Meethak al-Khatib grew up on Iraq's frontlines but yearned for a life away from conflict
07 Apr 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: how far would you go to save a painting?
Four stories of people who took risks to save works of art
04 Apr 2025,40 mins
Brazil's 'baby swap' boys: 15 years on
The happy ending for two families at the heart of an historic hospital scandal
03 Apr 2025,40 mins
My military service was a joke - but then I had to use it
Maksym Butkevych spent nearly two and a half years as a prisoner of war
02 Apr 2025,40 mins
The day I was outed by my bank robber dad
After his dad was released from jail, Yassa Khan spent a transformative day with him
01 Apr 2025,40 mins
The true story behind I'm Still Here, Brazil's Oscar winner
Marcelo Rubens Paiva was 11 when armed men took his father away
31 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: A necklace, three family histories, and digging for dinosaurs
Three stories of going back in time and making extraordinary discoveries
28 Mar 2025,40 mins
An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning
How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief
27 Mar 2025,40 mins
Marching to her own beat: the soldier-turned-beatbox pro
Elaine Lim quit a regimented life in the army to pursue her real passion: beatboxing
26 Mar 2025,40 mins
The art detective who rescued the world's stolen treasures
How Bob Wittman went undercover to rescue the world's stolen treasures
25 Mar 2025,40 mins
Making Marvel magic: The creative spark from my hospital bed
Spinal surgery ended Nnedi's tennis career but led her to Spiderman and the Black Panther
24 Mar 2025,40 mins
Outlook Mixtape: Stories from the subterranean
From Belize to Thailand: the meaning, mystery – and peril – people have found in caves
21 Mar 2025,40 mins