Lives Less Ordinary

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.

Lives Less Ordinary

Episodes (231 available)

Lives Less Ordinary, I had a baby – then lost my memory, part 2

With her past erased, writer Samina Ali must rediscover her son – and herself

29 Jun 2026

39 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, I had a baby – then lost my memory, part 1

A crisis at birth leaves Samina Ali unable to recognise her husband or newborn son

22 Jun 2026

41 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, Could a sitcom save a man from death row?

Juan Catalan hoped comedian Larry David could help exonerate him from a murder charge

15 Jun 2026

40 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, I was kidnapped by North Korea

When Hitomi Soga vanished aged 19, no one in Japan imagined she had been taken by spies

8 Jun 2026

33 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, I was forced to rob my own bank, part 2

How do you forgive a man who held a gun to your daughter’s head?

1 Jun 2026

24 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, I was forced to rob my own bank, part 1

In 2000, armed men burst into Michelle Renee's home and held her child hostage

25 May 2026

39 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, Kangaroo Dundee: I gave it all up to become a ‘kangaroo mum’

Chris 'Brolga' Barns fell in love with joeys and built an orphaned kangaroo sanctuary

18 May 2026

40 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, I'm a champion boxer, but couldn't tell my mum

A gym class encounter sparked Ramla Ali's rise from bullied child to famous boxer

11 May 2026

40 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, Strangers to coworkers to friends to...sisters?

Cassandra and Julia were uncannily alike. A chance gift revealed a past neither expected

4 May 2026

40 mins

Lives Less Ordinary, Taught to kill – my childhood under the Khmer Rouge

Loung Ung was forced to be a child soldier in Cambodia under Pol Pot’s regime

27 Apr 2026

50 mins

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