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Telling the human stories that are happening all around us - stories that may be unusual but could be happening to your neighbour or the person next to you on the bus. Hosted on Acast. See a...
Hi everyone, we'd love you to give our new podcast a listen. Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The...
This week we hear from Nancy and daughter Nina who, together with lodger Wes, find themselves living together in lockdown in a newly constit...
This week Suzy and Claire put five questions to each other about their new normal - how is life in lockdown in the Norfolk countryside? They...
We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the...
We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the...
In this week’s mash-up we hear a selection of stories on the theme of recovery. First we hear from from Jilly Moss whose little girl Alba co...
This week we’re talking ‘Transformation’ - experiences that can blindside or creep up slowly but that change your life. We hear from Marc wh...
This week we have our second mash-up, this time our first story is from another podcast The Break-up Monologues and we hear from comedienne...
Backstory is back! This time we’re hearing from a mixture of new and familiar voices as we look at the theme of Altered States. We hear from...
Rounding up our season looking at people seeking justice, we hear from Adele Bellis who suffered an acid attack in August 2014. The attack w...
This is Lee’s story of getting justice for his mother - Cherry Groce - who was shot in front of him by the police on 28th September 1985 whe...
In PART TWO we continue the shocking and compelling story of how Penny Farmer and her family tracked down her brother and his girlfriend’s k...
This is part one of Penny Farmer's remarkable story about her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta who went off travelling to South America...
Rounding up our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week we’re heading to the gym to meet personal trainers Ol...
This week Claire went to meet Christie Watson who worked as a nurse for over twenty years. We hear about when she found herself on the other...
Continuing our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week it’s Nicky and Alan from St. Martin’s Housing in Norwi...
This is a new season of the backstory - this run of four has a particular theme - we are looking at people’s jobs which involve doing good....
Season 5 Episode 8 Terry was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was 59. 8 years after his diagnosis, he and daughter Vicki talk abou...
Season 5 Episode 7 In part two of Jess and Matt's story we hear about the tough journey from Norfolk to London to get Jess and baby Albert i...
Season 5 Episode 6 Jess and Matt had an excellent birth but then things started to go a bit weird, Jess just wasn't herself. Matt had been w...
Season 5 Episode 5 Lillian and Dan have enjoyed a long marriage, full of travel and dancing. With Lillian in her 70s and Dan in his mid-90s,...
Trichotillomania: Cara’s story Season 5 Episode 4 When Cara moved from a happy primary school to a large, intimidating high school her menta...
The road to recovery: Hope’s story Season 5 Episode 3 Hope is one of 5 children. It was a big, busy family and not without its fair share of...
7/7 Behind the scenes: David’s story Season 5 Episode 2 In July 2005 London and the country were in jubilant mood, celebrating winning the b...
Brethren to burlesque: Sapphira’s story Season 5 Episode 1 Welcome back to Season 5. We start with a love story. Sapphira felt like a misfit...
Mindfulness on wheels: Tim’s story Season 4 Episode 7 This is Tim McKenna’s account of what it is like to live with bipolar disorder – I thi...
From free school meals to the High Court: Ali’s story Season 4 Episode 6 Ali grew up in Wales on free school dinners with four other sibling...
Who helps NICU parents? Vicki’s story Season 4 Episode 5 Vicki is a young woman on a mission. Having experienced life on the neonatal intens...
This backstory is about two remarkable brothers. Michael is now 33 and he was punched in the jaw six years ago down on Great Yarmouth seafro...
Right person, right place: Naomi’s story Season 4 Episode 3 Naomi is a woman of many talents. Actress, stand up and academic. As part of her...
Recovering from anorexia: Dave’s story Season 4 Episode 2 Dave’s backstory is a tale of going to the brink and then choosing to live, of rec...
Hide or confide? Kiki’s story Season 4 Episode 1 Kiki’s backstory is a tale of two halves – she is a footballer but it isn’t about football....
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Learning to...
Season 3: Episode 4 Learning to live again: Tiff’s story In the latest episode, Claire travels to Leicester to talk to Tiffany Youngs… Tiff...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about A Different...
Season 3 Episode 3 A Different Kind of Grief: Kathryn and Joy’s Story is about two women who have got together to run a support group for pe...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about the second a...
Season 3 Episode 2 Sheila was raped at a garden party when she was 62. She’s a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother. In the concluding pa...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about A Targeted A...
Season 3 Episode 1 Sheila was raped at a garden party when she was 62. She’s a retired nurse, a mother and grandmother. In episode 1 of this...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Ali Golds: A...
Claire with Ali Golds Ali is 50 years old and has had a life less ordinary – she has a complicated backstory. This is a two-parter and in th...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Ali Golds: A...
Claire with Ali Golds Ali is 50 years old and has had a life less ordinary – she has a complicated backstory. This is a two-parter and in th...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Martin and M...
#02 – Stepping Up: Martin and Mo How far would you go to do the right thing? What does it mean to step up, to allow the course of your life...
Hi and welcome to Backchat, where Suzy and Claire talk about the latest episode of The Backstory. This week we’re talking about Norman Lamb...
#01 Norman Lamb – the personal and political Welcome back to Season 2. We’re kicking off with Norman Lamb, Lib Dem MP and former care minist...
In this, our final podcast of Season 1, Claire and Suzy talk about ‘Blood, sweat and trauma’ (Season 1 Episode 8) and Lotty’s traumatic expe...
#08 Birth, sweat and trauma What happens when the birth of your baby, that long-awaited happy event, leaves you traumatised? How do you mana...