19/05/2009

Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.

On today's programme: Patrick Raggett; life on a fault line; Margaret Vicary; and Bear Grylls.

Patrick Raggett
Fifty year old lawyer, Patrick Raggett, tells Matthew Bannister how, for more than thirty years, he buried the memories of the abuse inflicted on him by a priest who taught at his school.

Living on a fault line
Matthew Wells finds out what it's like to live and work on top of a major earthquake fault line in California.

Margaret Vicary
Margaret Vicary describes her constant fears for her daughter - prominent Zimbabwean women's activist Jenni Williams, who is a fierce critic of Robert Mugabe and has been arrested more than thirty times.

Bear Grylls
Matthew Bannister talks to the UK's new Chief Scout - former SAS soldier and TV adventurer Bear Grylls.