Modern Slavery: Sanu’s Story

2016 was the deadliest year ever for migrants trying to reach Europe. More than 3,000 people died trying to cross from Libya to Italy. BBC Radio 5 live's Lucy Grey reflects on the 12 days she spent broadcasting live from a search and rescue ship as it pulled nearly 400 people from the sea near the Libyan coast. She hears harrowing descriptions of rape and brutality, families separated by gunfire as they try to flee the people-smugglers, and hears the story of a heavily pregnant mother who set out on this incredibly risky journey.

1 Tammi 201749min

5 live Daily's Adrian Chiles reunites the survivors and rescuers of a forgotten cruise ship tragedy, which claimed the lives of 95 passengers, most of them British, and 33 crew.

21 Joulu 20161h 16min

'15 minutes from Mosul' tells the stories of people who've escaped a life of violence under the so called Islamic State terrorist group in Northern Iraq, in the time it takes to travel from IS-controlled Mosul to the safety of the refugee camps. Mosul has been sealed off from the outside world for more than two years, and in this podcast 5 live presenter Anna Foster hears for the first time from men, women and children who only days earlier were trapped inside the city. The podcast follows the journey of new arrivals inside the refugee camps, as well as taking listeners into the bombed shell of a former IS stronghold village where many of the inhabitants have returned to try and make a new life for themselves in the ruins.

13 Joulu 201615min

More than 11,000 men die from prostate cancer in the UK each year - that's one man every hour. Figures from the charity - Prostate Cancer UK - also reveal that you're more at risk if you are black - with a quarter of black men likely to be diagnosed with it at some point in their lives, compared to 1 in 8 white men. Men over 50 and those with a family history of prostate cancer all face a higher than average risk of the disease. Errol McKellar is a mechanic. He runs a garage here in Hackney in the East End of London. He's had prostate cancer. He took over Afternoon Edition to talk about Prostate Cancer and men's health.

6 Joulu 201648min

As part of the BBC's 100 women season, Adrian Chiles speaks to Claire, Emma and Denise about what their hair means to them, and how it defines them.

6 Joulu 201622min

Extreme adventurer & ultra-triathlete Sean Conway tells Dotun Adebayo how he managed to cycle, run & swim 4200 miles around the coast of Britain.

1 Joulu 201621min

Is 30 the new 20? Four women on the cusp of turning 30 speak to Dotun Adebayo about what it means to them.

30 Marras 201621min

Rhod Sharp goes to a shelter for the homeless in Salem, Massachusetts, on the day after Thanksgiving to find out what people expect from a Donald Trump Presidency. He finds mixed opinions, political activism and some very personal stories, from a group of people who were barely talked about during the election campaign.

29 Marras 201618min