An author, his cellmate, and a new beginning

How a book-loving prisoner showed a young Alex Wheatle the path to self-belief

• 40 mins

Outlook Mixtape: A necklace, three family histories, and digging for dinosaurs

Three stories of going back in time and making extraordinary discoveries

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 40 mins

Brazil's 'baby swap' boys: 15 years on

The happy ending for two families at the heart of an historic hospital scandal

• 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

• 40 mins

Iraq's teenage war reporter

Meethak al-Khatib grew up on Iraq's frontlines but yearned for a life away from conflict

• 40 mins

Our forbidden language became a weapon in WW2

Laura Tohe uncovers her father's classified life as a Navajo Code Talker

• 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?

• 40 mins

Caleb versus the Criminal Code

Caleb Orozco will always be known for risking his life to revoke Belize’s anti-sodomy law

• 40 mins

Outlook Mixtape: The show must go on

The people behind the making of the most unlikely, dangerous and ambitious music concerts

• 40 mins

Undercover in Mumbai: The 'Lady James Bond' of India

Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective

• 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

• 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.

• 40 mins

The penguin that followed a teacher home

Tom Michell on the lessons he learned from his adopted rescue bird

• 40 mins

Outlook Mixtape: Books Changing Lives

Four people, each on a collision course with a book that changed them

• 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

• 40 mins

Chain Reaction #2: Fanta, the collector of lost objects

The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together

• 40 mins

Chain Reaction #3: Sarah, the surgeon who performs "magic"

The colliding lives of four strangers and the encounters that bind them together

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 40 mins

Surviving one of Uganda's oldest anti-homosexuality laws

Rihanna faced life imprisonment for her sexuality in an historic LGBTQ trial

• 40 mins

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.

• 40 mins

Outlook Mixtape: Putting pen to paper

Three remarkable writers; forming bonds, forging dreams and creating whole new worlds

• 40 mins