Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys - spanning the entire human experience. Our guests come from every corner of the globe: from Burundi to Beverly Hills, New Zealand to North Korea, Rajasthan to Rio. And their stories can be about anything: tales of survival, humour, resilience and intrigue. From the mind-blowing account of the Japanese man trapped in his own reality TV show, to the Swedish women rescued from lions by a tin of spam. It’s life’s wild side, in stereo.
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The Boy in the Woods, six-year-old Rikki Neave, had been strangled and left naked. His body was positioned in a distinctive star shape.
People on the council estate where he lived told police they had seen his mother, Ruth, hitting and shouting at Rikki. He was on the Social Services Register of children at risk. All the people closest to Rikki were in trouble and all of them were known to the authorities who offered help. It didn't work. The day before he died his mother begged a family aid worker to take him into care, saying she would kill him.
Winifred Robinson has been following this case for more than 20 years. She's always felt it held the key to what goes wrong in the lives of society's most vulnerable children. Police built a case against Rikki's mother but this investigation uncovers how crucial evidence was never brought before the court. Ruth Neave was jailed for seven years for child cruelty while Rikki's killer was left at large.
The series exposes how this happened and what it took for the truth to emerge. Original police interview tapes, evidence from forensic scientists and others who have never spoken to the media before, help piece together what happened.. Close friends of Rikki, who were themselves vulnerable children, reveal for the first time how his death came to shape all their lives.
And as the net closes in on the real killer, who was himself a boy of only 13 at the time, how he goes on the run, taunting police from abroad.
We hear from a teacher who alerted police to this boy at the time of Rikki's death, noticing his obsession with the case. We've recorded the first interviews with a family aid worker who was with Rikki, the day before he died and with a troubled teenager who was alongside his mother on the day he was killed.
As the verdict is delivered, the jurors share with us how they weighed the evidence that convinced them they had looked into the eyes of a killer.
Winifred Robinson, the reporter, and Sue Mitchell, the series producer, are an award-winning BBC documentary team. They have worked together for 20 years on high profile cases, interviewing the father of James Bulger. His son's killing provoked huge interest in Rikki's case.
Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.
Experiences that have reshaped lives. Bold questions, unexpected truths, lots of tea... Emma Barnett invites you into her world for deeply human conversations.
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I’m Jamie Laing and this is Great Company – a weekly podcast full of inspiring conversations about resilience, joy and self-improvement. Each week I sit down with fascinating guests from entertainment, business and psychology to share the stories that help us learn, grow and feel more connected.
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你說四十歲了應該要成熟穩重、有肩膀、懂社會規則？我們不太確定。我們只知道，每當別人叫我們「大叔」的時候，心裡還是會忍不住回一句：「欸我才不是！」
《大叔實習生 JJ Talk》，是由來自永和的牡羊座傑米，和住在牛津的水瓶座傑克，兩位明明快被叫成大叔、但心態還在實習階段的男子共同主持。
一個是做港點的英文苦手，衝動直接，社群反差感滿滿。
一個是學術界努力掙扎的博士，理性冷靜，偶爾放飛。
我們之間有時差、有生活背景和個性差異，還有一堆說不完的反差笑點。
這是一場用麥克風記錄成長困惑的旅程。
我們會聊生活、聊文化、聊愛情、聊星座、聊一些自己也還沒想清楚的問題。
我們不完美，但每一次對話都真心誠實。
每兩週一次更新，如果你也曾懷疑過自己是不是「該像個大人了」，那這裡，可能會讓你覺得不孤單。
現在就訂閱《大叔實習生 JJ Talk》
讓我們一起在大人世界裡邊走邊學，邊笑邊實習。
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