An Indian heroine and Iceland's epics

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A tale of love, bravery and generosity from Uttar Pradesh: Jo Jolly reports on meeting someone who made her reconsider the "rules" of impartiality journalism - a tiny baby rescued from communal violence in Muzaffarnagar. The woman who took this child in had little to gain - yet protected first her, and then the journalist who came to hear her story, from menacing crowds. On the other side of the world, there's no shortage of dramatic stories in Reykjavik, either: in fact, as Rosie Goldsmith hears, Iceland has one of the world's most literary cultures. From its centuries-old epics, still popular today, to the modern yearly flood of lavish Christmas hardbacks which most households begin to order from an autumn catalogue, books are the stuff of life. Presenter: Pascale Harter Producer: Polly Hope Picture credit: JO JOLLY/BBC