Lives Less Ordinary

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Lost in lion country and saved by Spam

In 2016, when Jenny Söderqvist and Helene Åberg’s car exploded in the middle of the vast Kalahari desert, their supplies and only lifeline to the outside world went up in flames. No rescue would come. The two friends from Sweden would spend the next five harrowing days lost in the wilderness and stalked by lions, until their salvation appeared to them in the most unlikely of forms: a tin of Spam. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Edgar Maddicott Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

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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

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  The Lost Boy: A never-ending journey, part 1

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  Britain’s infected blood scandal, my quest for the truth

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  The family hiding in the bush after leaking Russian secrets

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  'It's much easier for them to create a spy than catch a spy'

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  Dead Man Walking: The US nun who took on the death penalty

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  My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 2

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  My father Faiz: Pakistan’s revolutionary poet, part 1

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  The man who finds water in the desert

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  Kill or be killed: a climber’s dilemma, part 2

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  Kill or be killed: A climber’s dilemma, part 1

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  The Hiroshima survivor who's still shouting for peace