June

Sea Survivor
In 1940 the ship 'The City of Benares' was transporting evacuees to Canada when it was hit by a German torpedo. 256 lives were lost, including 77 children. One of the survivors was Bess Walder, fifteen at the time, who was being evacuated with her younger brother Louis....

Unconventional Union
After 24 years of marriage Mary discovered that her husband John was gay. She joined David Stafford to explain how their relationship has survived the revelation....

Pull the Other One
The temptation to 'pull the leg' of one of his nurses after a long-awaited leg amputation proved too much for Ken.....

Lookalikes
Sue Elliott Nichols investigates the world of the professional celebrity lookalike...

Evacuated
Louise Milbourn was brought up in Plymouth. Her dad's relations in Guernsey were experiencing invasion, and there was a feeling of real and imminent danger when her parents decided that their eldest children should be sent abroad...

Hairy Times in Iran
In 1978 Niall McCathie was offered a job in Iran, so he took his wife Pippa and 15-month old son Jamie and moved there. Little did they realise that the writing was on the wall for the Shah, and that times were becoming difficult for westerners

Friendship Forged Underground
Sybil Taylor and Jill Smith tell reporter Ray Kershaw about their caving stories, and how sharing this perilous pursuit cemented their friendship...

Life's A Gas
Owen Hurscombe spent his Geography Lessons at school staring out the window at Chorley gasometer which was near the school. A decade or so on and his horizons have changed; now he's photographing them all over the North West...

Vision of Loveliness
Shander Herrian tells Liz Munro how he regained his sight after thirty years..

Anosmic Universe
Doreen Blanks is Anosmic - she has no sense of smell. Yes it is a real word. Anosmia is a condition and it can be quite hazardous. It also requires Doreen to 'borrow' the nose of her daughter or husband for all manner of smells. Mmmm...!

Vehicular Adventures
Vera Hanson's adventurous excursions in her motorized three-wheeler has inspired....

Auf Wiedersehn Pet
Anne MacIntosh had a sheltered upbringing in the New Forest and had never been abroad before. Married with two young children (Matt aged 4 and Frank 2), she was keen to experience something different. So when her husband Chris who was working as a welder in Antwerp asked her to come out there she happily agreed...