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Looking for my son for 58 years, part 1

Bestselling writer Lesley Pearse's own story is wilder than any romance. An agent once told Lesley Pearse to "write what you know", but her own story is more extraordinary than any of her bestselling novels. In this, the first episode of two, we follow her from playground storyteller to lost teenage girl in 1960s London, to brave single mum determined to go it alone. Presenter: Asya Fouks Producer: Laura Thomas & Edgar Maddicott Get in touch: liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784

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  The sports scandal scoop that almost destroyed me

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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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  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