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Season 1

  • S01E01 Hugo Duncan

    • February 20, 2013
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he travels to Strabane to meet ultimate performer Hugo Duncan and discovers a life much darker than 'Uncle' Hugo's beaming smile suggests.

  • S01E02 John Leishman

    • February 27, 2013
    • BBC One

    In this episode, he travels with World War II veteran John Leishman to Normandy and discovers the pride and pain of battle have not been forgotten.

  • S01E03 Kitty Hart Moxon

    • March 6, 2013
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan travels to Auschwitz, the world's most notorious concentration camp with survivor Kitty-Hart Moxon who spent years trying to escape the Nazis. Stephen is shown the true horror of Auschwitz - including the gas chambers where hundreds of thousands of people were killed.

  • S01E04 Leah Batchelor

    • March 12, 2013
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he spends time with Leah Batchelor, a 21-year-old student who survived locked-in syndrome after having a stroke.

  • S01E05 Kate Carroll

    • March 19, 2013
    • BBC One

    In this episode, he spends time with Kate Carroll whose husband Steve was the first PSNI officer to be shot dead by dissidents.

  • S01E06 Dawn Purvis

    • March 26, 2013
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he meets Dawn Purvis, former leader of the PUP and Director of the Marie Stopes Clinic.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Damian Friel

    • November 18, 2014
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets Damian Friel, a young man struggling to come to terms with a condition he believes to be Tourette's.

  • S02E02 Charlie Lawson

    • November 25, 2014
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets Coronation Street actor Charlie Lawson, whose life behind the scenes reads more like one of his soap storylines.

  • S02E03 Calum Best

    • December 2, 2014
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he meets Calum Best, son of legendary footballer George, who talks frankly about his own struggles with alcohol and his strained relationship with the rest of the family.

  • S02E04 Jim McDowell

    • December 9, 2014
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets those whose lives have been changed by unexpected events. Newspaper editor Jim McDowell talks openly about living under the threat of death.

  • S02E05 Kate Walmsley

    • December 16, 2014
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he meets Kate Walmsley, a victim of institutional and sexual abuse, who shares with him the distrurbing story of her past.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Pastor James McConnell

    • November 9, 2016
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week, he meets controversial preacher Pastor James McConnell, who hit the headlines following his anti-Islamic sermon.

  • S03E02 Adrianne Elson

    • November 16, 2016
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week, he meets Adrianne Elson, a transgender woman and learns about the challenges she has had to overcome.

  • S03E03 Liz Cunningham

    • November 23, 2016
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he meets Liz Cunningham, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia.

  • S03E04 Brian Kennedy

    • November 30, 2016
    • BBC One

    Stephen Nolan meets people who have gone on a remarkable journey and reveals the events that have changed their lives. This week he meets west Belfast pop star Brian Kennedy, who has been treated for cancer.