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 ou...
Jan 01, 2017•50 min
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.
Dec 21, 2016•1 hr 17 min
'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 j...
Dec 13, 2016•15 min
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 t...
Dec 06, 2016•49 min
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.
Dec 06, 2016•23 min
Extreme adventurer & ultra-triathlete Sean Conway tells Dotun Adebayo how he managed to cycle, run & swim 4200 miles around the coast of Britain.
Dec 01, 2016•21 min
Is 30 the new 20? Four women on the cusp of turning 30 speak to Dotun Adebayo about what it means to them.
Nov 30, 2016•22 min
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.
Nov 29, 2016•18 min
Steph Leese, AKA “the pink plasterer” guest edits the programme and asks why aren’t there more women working in manual trades? A charity has told 5 live they make up less than 2% of the workforce in jobs like plumbing and construction.
Nov 23, 2016•49 min
84% of women told a 5 live survey that it was more difficult for women than men to have a successful career and raise a family. Anna Foster and Tony Livesey discuss with a panel of guests, including Dragon’s Den star Sarah Willingham, why that might be.
Nov 23, 2016•20 min
Your calls and views on the wildlife documentary everyone's talking about...
Nov 21, 2016•45 min
Stephen Nolan speaks to survivors, emergency workers and the families of those who died about the day that changed their lives forever. Warning: You may find some of the audio distressing.
Nov 13, 2016•53 min
Experts explain why the Supreme Court is so significant during this election race.
Nov 03, 2016•15 min
Actor Richard Schiff discusses the US Election with Calum Macdonald. He's been campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
Oct 28, 2016•15 min
Samuel Singyangwe, Dr Harry Edwards, Nomiki Konst and Harlan Hill join Dotun Adebayo and Calum Macdonald to discuss whether the Black Lives Matter movement may influence the outcome of the US Election 2016.
Oct 21, 2016•25 min
George Takei talks about Star Trek, being in a internment camp during WW2, what it was like working with John Wayne and his views on the US election.
Oct 19, 2016•43 min
In Marblehead, Massachusetts, a bitterly fought election causes dismay in a cradle of the American Revolution.
Oct 18, 2016•47 min
Millions of Americans tune in to talk radio, but how is talk radio dealing with such an unpredictable campaign? Dotun Adebayo speaks to Thom Hartmann, the United States' most listened to progressive talk radio host and Jim Bohannon, host of the sixth most popular talk radio show in the country.
Oct 17, 2016•27 min
Dotun Adebayo looks at the role of comedians in the US political conversation in the company of two stand-up comedians; Michael Loftus, presenter of the right-leaning satirical news show “The Flipside” and a former writer for The Daily Show Alingon Mitra. First charting the rise of “The Daily Show with John Stewart” and then discussing how modern satirists are reacting to such an unpredictable race.
Oct 16, 2016•22 min
Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro, Nomiki Konst and Harlan Hill join Calum Macdonald to discuss whether the Alt Right may influence the outcome of the US Election 2016.
Oct 11, 2016•40 min
Head of local Democrats Iliana Holguin, head of local Republicans Adolpho R Telles & El Paso Times editor Bob Moore look ahead to the US presidential election with Anna Foster.
Oct 10, 2016•23 min
The UK votes to leave the European Union, prompting David Cameron to announce he will step down as prime minister. Hear Anna Foster and Tony Livesy bring you the key moments as David Cameron resigns, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage react to the news they'd fought so hard for, and Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon suggests a second Scottish referendum on independence might now be triggered. All that and reaction from those in highest office in Europe and the governor of bank of England....
Jun 24, 2016•52 min
Peter Allen hosts a special EU referendum audience debate from Dover - featuring Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith from the Leave campaign and Labour MP Liz Kendall for the Remain camp
Jun 09, 2016•1 hr 29 min
Callers pay tribute to Muhammad Ali, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, who has died at the age of 74. Ali was admitted to hospital on Thursday suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease and died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix, Arizona.
Jun 04, 2016•45 min
Ahead of the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, Nicky Campbell takes your calls and views on the bard and why he has endured where some others writers have faded into history.
Mar 24, 2016•42 min
Nick Yarris spent 22 years on death row for a murder he didn't commit -- before he finally walked out of prison a free man in 2004. He was wrongly convicted in the 1982 case of a woman who was raped and murdered in the US state of Delaware, but eventually acquitted when DNA evidence proved that he was not the killer. Yarris later moved to the UK, and now lives in Los Angeles, from where he spoke to Peter Bowes & Rhod Sharp on BBC Radio 5 live's Up All Night programme.
Mar 23, 2016•30 min
Former England rugby union captain Matt Dawson talks in-depth about the "two weeks of hell" as his two-year-old son battled meningitis W.
Feb 18, 2016•25 min
The comedian Sofie Hagen has spoken of her daily battle with social anxiety that means she regularly hides in toilets. Nicky Campbell speaks to 5 live listeners who face similar struggles in their everyday lives.
Feb 17, 2016•43 min
Celebrating the best of 5 live over the past twelve months, as part of BBC Radio Moments 2015.
Dec 28, 2015•50 min
Tony Livesey reports from RAF Akrotiri as he speaks to pilots, surveillance crews, ground technicians and the base's senior commanders about their part in air-strikes against the so-called Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq. He looks at how Akrotiri's firepower has been bolstered since the Commons vote in favour of Syrian strikes, the crucial role of the Brimstone air-to-ground missiles, and the planning and preparation that goes into every sortie. Tony also hears from Cypriots about their at...
Dec 27, 2015•50 min
