Outlook

Outlook

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world with Matthew Bannister, Monday to Thursday. For more information please visit www.bbcworldservice.com/outlook
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Recent episodes (10)

  • A Danish surgeon back from treating the wounded in Syria.

    Tue, 28 Aug 12
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    Today, Matthew Bannister talks to a Danish surgeon just back from treating wounded people in a makeshift hospital in Syria; an Indian father and son who have saved dozens of lives by diving in to Delhi's waterways and an American photographer who takes extraordinary aerial pictures with the help of his custom-built motorised paraglider.
  • The Olympics changed my life: 4 athletes' extraordinary experiences

    Mon, 27 Aug 12
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    Today: four extraordinary athletes whose lives have been transformed by involvement with the Olympic Games. Matthew Bannister talks to the sprinter John Carlos who made a stand against racism from the medal podium in 1968, to Sir Roger Bannister who was inspired to run a mile in under 4 minutes by losing at the Olympics, and to the heavily pregnant 2012 Olympian sharp-shooter Nur Suryani Mohammed Taibi from Malaysia. We also hear from Paralympian Lucas Sithole - he lost both legs and one arm in a train accident but is now a leading wheelchair tennis player.
  • The Malian journalist attacked for standing up against the Islamists who took over his hometown

    Thu, 23 Aug 12
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    Today, Lucy Ash talks to a Malian journalist attacked for standing up against the Islamists who took over his hometown. Also on the programme: the American woman who worships both as a Christian and a Muslim and we hear from the blind man who teaches the echo the location skills of bats to other blind people.
  • Peru's first transgender couple to go public share their story

    Wed, 22 Aug 12
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    Today, Lucy Ash talks to a woman who's part of the first high-profile transgender couple in Peru and has just won the legal right to change her formerly male name to a female name. Also, why teenagers in the American state of Maine are getting lessons in Middle East style diplomacy. And one of India's youngest female mayors explains why she ditched corporate life to go back to her village roots.
  • The daughter of a Nigerian politician who died in prison on how she's trying to keep his memory alive

    Tue, 21 Aug 12
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    Today, Lucy Ash talks to Hafsat Abiola-Costello, the daughter of Nigerian politician Chief Moshood Abiola. He stood for president in 1993 and it was widely assumed he had won, but the military annulled the elections. He was subsequently put in jail where he died in 1998. Two years earlier, his wife Kudirat was assassinated after leading the campaign for his release. Hafsat talks about her memories of her parents and how she's forged her own path as an activist. Also on the programme: following the recent shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, we hear from a lawyer about the challenges of being a Sikh in post 9/11 America.
  • The husband of a member of Pussy Riot on coping with his wife's detention

    Mon, 20 Aug 12
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    Today, Pyotr Verzilov, husband of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova from the Russian punk group Pussy Riot speaks about his wife's trial and prison sentence, and how he and their young daughter have been coping with her detention. Also, the British adventurer who this year attempted a record-breaking solo row from Japan to Canada but was hit by a tropical storm and had to be rescued by coastguards.
  • The Kenyan rapper fighting tribal divisions in his country

    Thu, 16 Aug 12
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    Today, Kenyan rapper Eko Dydda tells Matthew Bannister why he's determined to break down tribal barriers in his country, ahead of next year's elections. Also today, the American businesswoman who paid a surrogate mother to give birth to her twins. And the Brazilian man who has spent over forty years working with some of Brazil's most venomous snakes - Giuseppe Puorto is now director of the biological museum at the Butantan Institute in Sao Paulo.
  • An American drone pilot on remote controlled warfare

    Wed, 15 Aug 12
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    As remote controlled drones play an increasing part in modern warfare, Matthew Bannister talks to a US major who operated them. We also hear from a young Bosnian doctor who's taking up politics in an attempt to heal the divisions of his country, and the man who's spent twenty-six years searching for Scotland's Loch Ness monster.
  • The double tragedy of a survivor of the Columbine massacre

    Tue, 14 Aug 12
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    A survivor of the Columbine High School shootings - which took place in 1999 - tells how his traumatic memories came flooding back when one of his friends was killed in the recent cinema shootings in nearby Aurora. Also today, we hear from the former criminal in South Africa who has turned his life around and now acts as a mentor to orphans.
  • An Italian Catholic priest expelled from Syria for speaking out against President Assad

    Mon, 13 Aug 12
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    Italian Catholic priest Father Paolo Dall'Oglio describes the pain of being expelled from Syria after speaking out against President Assad. We bring you the third report from psychiatrist Dr Lynne Jones - today she's in the Bosnian Serb town of Foca, meeting local people trying to rebuild a community torn apart by war. And we attend a school for beauty queens in Venezuela - the country which has produced six winners of the Miss Universe contest.

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