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Shared Experience

Fi Glover hosts a series in which her guests discuss things they have in common.

Radio 4,24 episodes

Episodes

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Series 6
Lost
What is it like to get seriously lost? Fi Glover meets three people who know.
20 Dec 2016,28 mins
Series 6
Don't Feed The Trolls
Three people who stand up to bullies and trolls speak out.
13 Dec 2016,28 mins
Series 6
Shattered
Shattered - how three people cope with chronic sleep disorders.
06 Dec 2016,28 mins
Series 6
Twins
Twins Gillian and Tracy and one half of twin sisters, Jasmine, share their stories with Fi
29 Nov 2016,28 mins
Series 5
Scammed
Fi Glover's guests share their experience of being scammed by sophisticated fraudsters.
07 Jun 2016,28 mins
Series 5
Not What We Were Expecting
Three parents discuss life with a child with learning difficulties.
31 May 2016,28 mins
Series 5
Don't call us Barry Poppins. We're stay-at-home dads
Fi Glover talks to three men who have chosen to stay at home looking after their children.
24 May 2016,28 mins
Series 5
The Fall
Fi Glover meets three people whose lives nearly ended after they fell from a height.
17 May 2016,28 mins
Series 4
Born in the Wrong Body
Fi Glover asks when do you know you have been born the wrong gender.
15 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Was University the Right Choice?
Three graduates discuss their experience of university and whether it was the right choice
08 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 4
What Does Home Mean?
When you are forced to flee your home country and resettle in another, where is home?
01 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Living with Addiction
Fi Glover hears how the partners of people with various forms of addiction cope.
24 Nov 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Episode 1
Listener Daniel talks about being left by his mother and meet Sam, who left her daughter.
26 May 2015,28 mins
Series 3
After an Accident
David broke his neck diving into a shallow pool, and Sian was hit by a taxi on holiday.
02 Jun 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Bullying at School
Three teenagers share the experience of being badly bullied at school.
09 Jun 2015,28 mins
Series 3
Taken Hostage
Fi Glover's three guests share their experiences of being held hostage.
16 Jun 2015,28 mins
Series 2
Falling Off the Wagon
Three people with different addictions talk frankly about falling off the wagon.
07 Jan 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Surviving deadly events
Four survivors tell their stories to Fi Glover and how the dramatic events affected them.
03 Jun 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Estranged
What is it like to be estranged from your family? Three people tell Fi Glover.
10 Jun 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Mental Breakdown
Fi Glover's guests discuss the experience of mental breakdown.
17 Jun 2014,28 mins
Series 1
I Saw a Ghost
Five people who have seen a ghost share their experience with Fi Glover.
17 Dec 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Saving a life
People who have saved a life talk about the experience and how it affects them afterwards.
24 Dec 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Pest Controllers
Fi Glover brings together the pest controllers who have a passion for bugs and rats.
30 Dec 2013,28 mins
Series 1
Mothers Who Left Their Kids
Fi Glover talks to four women who have left their children.
31 Dec 2013,28 mins