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Balochistan’s mystery benjo man, part 2

How Ustad Noor Bakhsh, a Pakistani shepherd in his 70s, became a folk music star After hunting for four years, Pakistani ethnomusicologist Daniyal Ahmed finally finds Ustad Noor Bakhsh, an elderly shepherd and master of the electric benjo – an obscure stringed instrument with typewriter keys. With Daniyal’s help, Ustad Noor would go from serenading his goats in the jungles of Balochistan to performing for revellers on the European festival circuit. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Maryam Maruf Translation: Wajid Baloch Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

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  Saved by goats after my fall from the sacred mountain

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  Looking for my son for 58 years, part 2

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  Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

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  The Wicker Man: Learning to love the film that broke us

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  Trailer: World of Secrets: Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods

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  "He counted 3, 2, 1 – then stabbed me in the heart"

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  The US’s first black astronaut trainee reaches space at 90

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  Love, grief, and an AI chatbot

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  A love story and a battle cry in the Ecuadorian rainforest

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  The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 2

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  The boy who hid from Nazis in the woods, part 1

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  Never ever give up: how Diana Nyad swam from Cuba to Florida

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  The hungry boy who devoted his life to muscle

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  Buddhist chants and Ibiza trance: A Spanish boy’s odyssey

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  The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 2