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Season 2018

  • S2018E01 Unibrow Movement: The Model Challenging Beauty Stereotypes

    • July 16, 2018
    • BBC News

    Sophia Hadjipantel is celebrating a fuller eyebrow and wants others to be more accepting.

  • S2018E02 Graffiti: Is it Culture or Vandalism?

    • July 16, 2018
    • BBC News

    Kieron Cummings reflects on graffiti as an art form and a crime, following the deaths of three graffiti artists who were hit by a train in south London.

  • S2018E03 How YouTube is Changing the Face of Beauty

    • July 16, 2018
    • BBC News

    Are YouTube beauty tutorials changing what we buy and how we see beauty around the world?

  • S2018E04 'I Spend 20 Hours a Week Gaming'

    • July 17, 2018
    • BBC News

    Millions enjoy gaming but for a few it can lead to addiction, which has been recognised as a condition for the first time.

  • S2018E05 How Can You Dance Without Music?

    • August 14, 2018
    • BBC News

    Russian dancer Andrey Dragunov shares his personal story of being a deaf dancer.

  • S2018E06 How this 'cute couple' became social media stars

    • August 15, 2018
    • BBC News

    Musical.ly, Tik Tok and OurFire: From cute couple to video stars.

  • S2018E07 The man who wants to be the next Oprah

    • August 15, 2018
    • BBC News

    He's a rapper, media mogul and presenter and he was married to Mariah Carey. But fame at a young age means Nick Cannon wants to catch up on one thing - an education.

  • S2018E08 The Woman Helping People Prepare to Die

    • August 22, 2018
    • BBC News

    Meet the 'end-of-life doulas' guiding people to their death.

  • S2018E09 From slavery to Windrush: My family's story

    • August 28, 2018
    • BBC News

    The BBC's Amanda Kirton journeys from Britain to Jamaica and uncovers not only her family's hidden past but the dark history of the two islands.

  • S2018E10 Hair Transplants: Fighting Against my Receding Hairline

    • September 5, 2018
    • BBC News

    Each year thousands of men fly to Turkey to go under the knife to stop them losing their hair. The BBC's Tiffany Sweeney follows one of them as he undergoes the costly procedure miles from home to see how effective the operation is.

  • S2018E11 Swedish Teen's Climate Protest

    • September 7, 2018
    • BBC News

    This 15-year-old girl is raising awareness of climate issues at the Swedish parliament.

  • S2018E12 Is this the World's Cheapest Commute?

    • September 12, 2018
    • BBC News

    Sanjay Waghela built a makeshift raft to help people cross a filthy canal in the Indian city of Mumbai - saving them time and money. A ride costs just two rupees ($0.029)

  • S2018E13 The Artist Who Uses His Body to Paint

    • September 13, 2018
    • BBC News

    Seok Chang-woo lost both his arms in an accident.

  • S2018E14 Life as a Teen on a Tiny Island

    • September 17, 2018
    • BBC News

    Benedict Anslow moved to Rathlin Island when he was 13.

  • S2018E15 Sex, Body Image, Disability

    • September 20, 2018
    • BBC News

    Annie Segarra started #hotpersoninawheelchair after being constantly discriminated for being disabled.

  • S2018E16 The Secret Shame of Having No Sperm

    • September 20, 2018
    • BBC News

    For men, being told you are infertile can be a crushing and lonely experience.

  • S2018E17 Girl Racers Beating the Boys on Track

    • September 26, 2018
    • BBC News

    Jamie Chadwick returns to the track since becoming the first woman to win Formula 3.

  • S2018E18 'I Faced Death, Now I Care for 90 Animals'

    • October 2, 2018
    • BBC News

    Despite living with illness, Alexis Fleming set up an animal hospice after her dog died.

  • S2018E19 The Black Girl Gamers Fighting Misogynoir

    • October 4, 2018
    • BBC News

    The combination of sexism and racism that affects black women in everyday life.

  • S2018E20 The Designer Behind Rihanna's Yellow Dress

    • October 10, 2018
    • BBC News

    Chinese designer Guo Pei on her journey from communist uniformity to global fashion fame.

  • S2018E21 My Life as Pablo Escobar's Lovechild

    • October 12, 2018
    • BBC News

    Phillip Witcomb was sent to England after his biological father tried to kidnap him.

  • S2018E22 'Wow: You're Black and Irish'

    • October 15, 2018
    • BBC News

    Black people make up only 0.2% of the population in Northern Ireland.

  • S2018E23 Brown Ballet Shoes Made for First Time

    • November 5, 2018
    • BBC News

    Ballet shoes in brown and bronze shades are being made in the UK for the first time.

  • S2018E24 Fighting Heroin Addiction

    • November 16, 2018
    • BBC News

    Bobby was injecting heroin and crack cocaine up to six times a day. He's spoken to the BBC about what made him turn his life around.

  • S2018E25 Young, Gay and Christian

    • December 12, 2018
    • BBC News

    If you are a young Christian in the UK, coming out can pose extra challenges. While some churches offer acceptance, others show hostility. It’s down to different interpretations of the Bible. Meet Aiko and David who both identify as Bible-believing, gay Christians, but who are walking very different paths.

  • S2018E26 Love Islanders Paying Bills with Posts

    • December 13, 2018
    • BBC News

    Reality stars from shows such as Love Island are increasingly choosing to make money from social media rather than the traditional meet-and-greet nightclub appearances. Even before participants leave a programme, companies are recruiting them to post about their products on Instagram or to become brand ambassadors. Some of the top earners on Instagram - such as Kylie Jenner - are estimated to make up to £750,000 for one paid #ad post. But how are those without such a high price tag making it work for them? We spoke to Love Islanders Paul Knops and Jamie Jewitt to find out.

  • S2018E27 The Former Soldier Who's Now a Blind Boxer

    • December 14, 2018
    • BBC News

    Paul Jacobs fought for the British army in Afghanistan. An explosion while on patrol blinded him when he was 20 years old. Now, aged 29, he's fighting his first boxing match without being able to see anything at all. He's facing a sighted man. Paul says boxing has really helped him with his PTSD. Some charities don't recommend competitive boxing after a brain injury.

  • S2018E28 Meet Britain's Skype Families

    • December 20, 2018
    • BBC News

    Visa rules mean these partners have not been allowed to live in the UK.

  • S2018E29 'Losing 18st Left Me Uncomfortable in My Own Skin'

    • December 23, 2018
    • BBC News

    Instagram weight loss star Jack Towers lost 18st, now he’s struggling with excess skin.

  • S2018E30 'A Wig Makes You Feel Unstoppable'

    • November 29, 2018
    • BBC News

    Social media influencers and beauty bloggers are inspiring young women to embrace them.

Season 2019

  • S2019E01 YouTube Influencers: Inside the Weird World of Social Media Burnouts

    • January 11, 2019
    • BBC News

    Meet the social media stars who are increasingly suffering from mental health problems.

  • S2019E02 Sex Doll Brothels

    • January 18, 2019
    • BBC News

    Selling sex is said to be the oldest profession in the world. But now a new take on prostitution is causing controversy. Brothels full of sex dolls are opening all over Europe.

  • S2019E03 Chloe Delevingne Takes Smear Test on Live TV

    • January 29, 2019
    • BBC News

    She was trying to to help raise awareness of the 30-second test.

  • S2019E04 'Sleeping in our car for nine weeks'

    • January 30, 2019
    • BBC News

    Grandparents Tina and Winston Reid have been moving around Mersea Island, in Essex.

  • S2019E05 'My Chinese Song Went Viral in China'

    • February 5, 2019
    • BBC News

    Christine Welch has been writing and singing in Mandarin Chinese for years.

  • S2019E06 How Keira's Heart Saved Max

    • February 27, 2019
    • BBC News

    The parents of Keira, and Max - the boy who received her heart - tell the story behind the organ donation legislation named after them.

  • S2019E07 Oldest Living Person Celebrates Record

    • March 19, 2019
    • BBC News

    Asked what part of her life she'd enjoyed most, Kane Tanaka, 116, said: "This right now."

  • S2019E08 Myanmar's Ancient Beauty Secret

    • March 20, 2019
    • BBC News

    For thousands of years, people in Myanmar have been using thanaka to protect and care for their skin. But this ancient beauty habit is changing as the country opens up and modern make-up has become more available.

  • S2019E09 'You're a Hijabi Girl, You Can't Box'

    • March 21, 2019
    • BBC News

    Safiyyah Syeed says since starting boxing she's found a new outlet which makes her happy.

  • S2019E10 What's It Like to Have 19 Children?

    • March 27, 2019
    • BBC News

    Big families are not unusual in the Ukrainian village of Glynne. While the country’s population is falling, this highly religious community has more than 100 families with seven or more children. But one couple has gone further than most, recently welcoming their 19th child.

  • S2019E11 'My dad sold me for sex at 11'

    • March 27, 2019
    • BBC News

    Kayti was just 11 years old when her dad sold her for sex for the first time in a US town. After years of abuse, she shares what she lived through and how she finally escaped.

  • S2019E12 'I Had Daily Offers of Free Cosmetic Work'

    • April 25, 2019
    • BBC News

    Tyne-Lexy Clarson says she would "never" promote cosmetic procedures to her followers.

  • S2019E13 'I Accidentally Shot Dead My Little Sister'

    • May 14, 2019
    • BBC News

    Sean was 10 when he found a gun at home and it went off, killing his younger sister, Erin, and changing his life forever.

  • S2019E14 Night Shift on Malaria's Frontline

    • May 29, 2019
    • BBC News

    It's night-time at Ola During Children's Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where most nights see children die of malaria complications.

  • S2019E15 Saudi Women Runners Taking to the Streets

    • May 31, 2019
    • BBC News

    There are a growing number of mixed gender Saudi Arabian running groups.

  • S2019E16 The Mayor Who Wears a Hijab

    • June 1, 2019
    • BBC News

    Cllr Rakhia Ismail, from Islington in London, is the UK's first Somali-born female mayor and is thought to be the first mayor to wear a hijab.

  • S2019E17 'What I Saw... Was so Horrible'

    • June 6, 2019
    • BBC News

    The 75th anniversary of D-Day is being marked across Europe. At least 20,000 French people were killed in the battle of Normandy. On D-Day itself, as many as 4,400 allied troops died. About the same number of French civilians were also killed.

  • S2019E18 Lovers Reunited 75 Years on from WW2

    • June 12, 2019
    • BBC News

    Journalists in France helped bring a US veteran back together with his wartime sweetheart.

  • S2019E19 Bionic Showgirl shakes up cabaret

    • June 13, 2019
    • BBC News

    Viktoria Modesta chose to have her own leg amputated.

  • S2019E20 The Lorry Driver Whose Kindness Went Viral

    • June 17, 2019
    • BBC News

    He says it is in his nature to help people after stopping his cement mixer to help a woman cross the road.

  • S2019E21 'I've Never Had the Wish to Dress Normally'

    • June 28, 2019
    • BBC News

    Zack Pinsent is a young tailor who dresses like a Regency gentleman, every day.

  • S2019E22 'Hero' 17-year-old Catches Falling Toddler

    • July 5, 2019
    • BBC News

    Feuzi Zabaat was working nearby when he caught the girl as she fell out of a window.

  • S2019E23 'My Dad Literally Loved Us to the Moon and Back'

    • July 17, 2019
    • BBC News

    All the focus was on the Moon, the mission and the men – but what about the families back on Earth? The BBC asked Sue and Amy Bean, the wife and daughter, respectively, of astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth man on the Moon.

  • S2019E24 Being Neil Armstrong's son

    • July 17, 2019
    • BBC News

    The son and granddaughter of the first ever man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, talk about his legacy, their memories of him, and about the astronaut's concerns for 'fragile' planet Earth. The Apollo 11 mission made the first ever moon landing in July 1969.

  • S2019E25 Meet the 'Warts and All' Wedding Photographer

    • July 30, 2019
    • BBC News

    Forget staged family photos, UK-based photographer Ian Weldon focuses on all the behind-the-scene moments at weddings. He has a new book coming out that will feature these non-traditional photos as well as an exhibit in Bristol.

  • S2019E26 The Glasgow-born Artist Facing Deportation

    • August 1, 2019
    • BBC News

    Jazz artist Bumi Thomas thought she was a British citizen.

  • S2019E27 What It's like Going Through a Domestic Abuse Case

    • August 1, 2019
    • BBC News

    After Kirsty reported her ex to the police, the journey to a verdict took almost a year.

  • S2019E28 Casualty Actor Becomes A&E Nurse in Real Life

    • August 8, 2019
    • BBC News

    Vicky Hall played nurses and other roles in programmes including Casualty, Holby City and Doctors before deciding on a career change, training to become a medic off screen.

  • S2019E29 Tintagel Castle Footbridge Built

    • August 9, 2019
    • BBC News

    A dramatic footbridge connecting two halves of Tintagel Castle on the north coast of Cornwall - the legendary birth place of King Arthur - has been built.

  • S2019E30 The Self-sufficient Arctic Family

    • August 12, 2019
    • BBC News

    Could we save the planet if we all moved to the forest and ate only what we found there? This is how one family tackles climate change.

  • S2019E31 Meet the YouTube Astrophysicist

    • August 21, 2019
    • BBC News

    Among the millions of channels on YouTube is 'Dr Becky', an astrophysicist who is trying to encourage others into STEM careers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). As a research fellow at the University of Oxford, Dr Becky Smethurst specialises in black holes, but outside the day job she posts videos on all sorts of space-themed questions. Her aim is to be someone in the world of scientific research that people can have a connection with.

  • S2019E32 Life on a Sheep Farm

    • August 22, 2019
    • BBC News

    Around the world the price of wool has been falling, and some British farmers say it’s been difficult to make a profit. So why do so many stay in the business? Jamie, Andrew and Angus Murray farm sheep on 2000 hectares at Sewingshields Farm in Northumberland. They show us the work involved on a typical day at shearing time, and discuss how the industry has changed over the years. Filmed, Edited and Produced by Rachel Price

  • S2019E33 The Village Surviving a Drought on Cave Water

    • August 27, 2019
    • BBC News

    During Indonesia's summer months, in villages like Klepu in East Java province, the only source of clean water is in a 10m (33ft) deep cave.

  • S2019E34 Sailing Through an Ocean of Volcanic Rocks

    • August 27, 2019
    • BBC News

    Sailors Shannon Lenz and Tom Whitehead recall their encounter with a huge sea of floating pumice in the Pacific Ocean in early August.

  • S2019E35 The Postie Who Went off Like a Rocket

    • September 4, 2019
    • BBC News

    A British inventor has taken up the challenge to deliver a letter across open water through donning a jet engine-powered suit, 85 years after the idea of rocket post failed. Richard Browning has followed in the footsteps of German entrepreneur Gerhard Zucker, who tried to send mail by rocket to the Isle of Wight, in 1934. The distance from Hurst Castle in Lymington to Fort Albert in Freshwater is 1.3 km, and is the furthest Richard has ever flown.

  • S2019E36 The Boy Whose Skin is Peeling

    • September 23, 2019
    • BBC News

    Rhys Williams, from Bolton, has epidermolysis bullosa, a painful, life-limiting condition that has left him unable to walk. As he turns 14, his mother has made an appeal for people to send him birthday cards to help improve his mood. He has received 18,000, which he says has made him feel "a lot better".

  • S2019E37 The Unregulated Homes Failing to Protect Children

    • September 23, 2019
    • BBC News

    A BBC News investigation has found that children are being placed at risk of abuse in unregistered homes. Young people over the age of 16 are increasingly being placed in homes not designed to provide care but instead offer support – known as semi-independent living. The BBC has learned more than a dozen investigations into so-called organised or complex abuse allegations have been launched by councils across the UK into failures to protect children over the last four years. The Department for Education says: "Councils have a legal duty to make sure accommodation for these children is suitable". The BBC's Noel Titheradge and Ed Thomas have this report.

  • S2019E38 The Cheat Hackers 'Ruining' Gaming for Others

    • September 26, 2019
    • BBC News

    Hackers around the world, often teenagers, are making thousands by creating and selling games cheats to a growing market. The most recent survey suggests that around a third of gamers admit to using them to improve their chances online. Cyber-security reporter Joe Tidy went to play a game with a cheat hacker to find out how the 17-year-old makes thousands of dollars a month through his underground business. In China recently, four alleged hackers were arrested for similar offences.

  • S2019E39 Parisians Fight Climate Change With a Surprising Weapon

    • October 2, 2019
    • BBC News

    A social enterprise in Paris is trying to persuade restaurants to turn food waste into compost. It's doing this with the help of a team of city cyclists and "rocket" technology imported from Macclesfield, England.

  • S2019E40 Life as a Teenage Dwarf

    • October 7, 2019
    • BBC News

    'People think I'm four or five years old'

  • S2019E41 'Our Kids Are Feared'

    • October 10, 2019
    • BBC News

    The borough of Haringey in north London has one of the highest rates of knife crime in the capital. The BBC's Clive Myrie hears from community members - including teachers, a retired policewoman, a bus driver and a social worker - about their experiences and perceptions of knife crime.

  • S2019E42 How One Lottery Winner Spent his £108m Jackpot

    • October 15, 2019
    • BBC News

    One ticket-holder in the UK has won £170m in the country's biggest ever lottery win in Tuesday night's Euromillions draw. A winner has yet to come forward and players are being urged to check their tickets. Neil Trotter won £107.9m on the Euromillions lottery in 2014.

  • S2019E43 'This Dangerous Road Nearly Killed My Husband'

    • October 15, 2019
    • BBC News

    A woman who has campaigned for safety improvements on a "dangerous" road since her husband was seriously hurt in a crash says she has "never come across a road like it". Lynsey Langdon's partner Greg was left in a wheelchair after being hit by a car dashing across a cut-through in the A505 between Baldock and Royston in Hertfordshire in 2016. Hertfordshire County Council said: "We have been actively addressing safety concerns... following a number of high-profile incidents. "[A commissioned report] suggests a number of options with regards to banning right-turn movements and improving slip roads."

  • S2019E44 The Rapper from Deptford Signed by Jay-Z

    • October 22, 2019
    • BBC News

    Rapman on being discovered by Jay-Z and becoming a director.

  • S2019E45 Man and Child Almost Swept into Sea by Wave

    • November 5, 2019
    • BBC News

    The man was knocked off his feet while carrying a child during stormy weather on the Isle of Wight.

  • S2019E46 Moment Baby Girl's Hearing Aids are Turned on

    • December 10, 2019
    • BBC News

    A father has shared the moment he turns his daughter's hearing aids on in the morning. Paul Addison, from Harrogate, tweeted a video of his four-month-old Georgina reacting to her mother's voice. Georgina was diagnosed as severely deaf in September and wears a hearing aid in each ear. Mr Addison said: "You use these hearing aids and it's like the lights have been switched on."

  • S2019E47 ‘It’s Not Dementia Killing Me, It’s Exhaustion’

    • December 19, 2019
    • BBC News

    The head of the Alzheimer’s Society says that the UK is facing a humanitarian crisis, because the care system is failing those with dementia and their families.The number of us who will provide care at home for a loved one with dementia is set to rise by almost one million by 2035. Here are the stories of Anne and Julia – who both care full time for their husbands. Anne’s husband John has been assessed as having no mental capacity and goes to a day centre two days a week. Julia spent months fighting for social services and occupational therapy help for her husband Bob. He is currently being assessed in a home, after he went missing and was found during an extensive police search.

Season 2020

  • S2020E01 From Scientist to Hula Hooper

    • January 7, 2020
    • BBC News

    After getting hit by a car Mariam Olayiwola changed career paths to become a professional hula hooper.

  • S2020E02 Student Rape Reports: The Battle to Be Believed

    • January 21, 2020
    • BBC News

    A number of UK universities say they are taking action to improve safety on campus but, as reports of sexual misconduct at universities rise, questions remain about how seriously the issue is being taken. If you have been affected by sexual abuse or violence, help and support is available at BBC Action Line.

  • S2020E03 Days Away from Dying' After Gay Body Shaming

    • January 29, 2020
    • BBC News

    The BBC's LGBT correspondent Ben Hunte speaks to one man who nearly died trying to achieve the perfect body and to others who have taken risks to achieve the "perfect body". If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, support and advice is available via BBC Action Line.

  • S2020E04 Snotsicles and Snowdrifts: Extreme Climate Science

    • January 30, 2020
    • BBC News

    Scientists face some unique challenges working in the harsh conditions of the Antarctic.

  • S2020E05 The Woman Who Found my Baby's Grave

    • February 5, 2020
    • BBC News

    Paula Jackson has traced the resting places of 800 stillborn babies through her organisation, Brief Lives Remembered. Her cases usually involve births from before the 1990s. The BBC followed her as she traced the location of a grave for Yvonne, who gave birth to her stillborn son in 1980. In contrast to today's handling of such cases, she said that she received no support at the time.

  • S2020E06 Snake Eats Towel

    • March 2, 2020
    • BBC News

    It could have been the end for Monty the jungle carpet python, who got a bit peckish recently and decided to eat an entire beach towel. Footage of vet Dr Olivia Clarke and her team extracting it from Monty's stomach was posted online and went viral. Speaking to the BBC, Dr Clarke explains how she saved Monty's life when she was brought into her surgery in Sydney.

  • S2020E07 An Intensive Care Consultant's Video Diary

    • April 28, 2020
    • BBC News

    Jamie Strachan is looking after twice as many people on ventilators as normal due to coronavirus.

  • S2020E08 A Day in the Life of an A&E Doctor

    • April 28, 2020
    • BBC News

    An A&E registrar in the East Midlands says non-coronavirus patients appear to be staying away from emergency units. Dr Sarah Edwards kept a video diary while on shift at Leicester Royal Infirmary.

  • S2020E09 A Day in the Life of a GP

    • April 28, 2020
    • BBC News

    Dr Gail Allsopp was unable to get scrubs so wears overalls instead. The GP from Derbyshire kept a video diary while attending to patients and juggling family life.

  • S2020E10 'People Forget We're Not Invincible'

    • May 5, 2020
    • BBC News

    Dr Harmandeep Singh is a consultant at Ealing Hospital in London, and has had Covid-19 himself.