Kerry Irving and Max the Miracle Dog.

Matthew Hahn talks to Emma Barnett about the moment he stole a safe and how that theft changed his life

Wajed Iqbal talks to Emma Barnett about repairing his life after a newspaper wrongly accused him of helping a paedophile ring.

Ella tripped while jogging and ended up having to have her leg amputated. She talks to Emma Barnett how coming through the ordeal has changed her life.

Last year Matthew spent six months in prison in the United Arab Emirates after being accused of spying. Matthew was initially arrested at Dubai Airport in May 2018 as he tried to leave the country and sentenced to life in prison on 21st November, but was pardoned and released 1 week later. He spent most of his time there in solitary confinement.

Marie McCourt speaks to Emma Barnett about the night her daughter Helen went missing in 1988. Helen's body has never been found, and her mother wants there to be no parole for murderers who refuse to say where their victims' bodies are.

Michaella McCollum (pictured, left) was just 20, when she was caught with 11 kilos of cocaine at the airport in Peru in 2013. Along with her Scottish accomplice, Melissa Reid, she spent almost three years behind bars there, before she was allowed to return home to Northern Ireland in 2016. She’s been speaking to Emma Barnett.

Megan Phelps Roper talks to Emma Barnett about growing up in the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, which preached hatred towards LGBT people and picketed the funerals of dead soldiers.

Trailblazing pilot who was grounded by 9/11.

I lost my family in a crash with a suicidal driver.

In 1994 the former Olympic athlete tested positive in a drugs test and was banned for four years. She won the appeal - but she and her husband lost everything in the process.

Rachel Dolezal remembers the controversy she faced for identifying as 'transracial'. She tells 5 Live's Adrian Chiles what it was like to lose friends and hit headlines around the world after she was branded a ‘fraud’ for her role as a black rights activist.

Corinne Hutton on having a double hand transplant after losing her own hands to sepsis.

Lis Cashin's life changed forever in 1983. She was 13, and she'd been chosen to throw the javelin for her school sports day. But her throw hit her classmate Sammy, who was measuring the distances of the throws. Four days later Sammy was dead. For the last 36 years, Lis has been trying to make sense of that day.

Rachel Deloache Williams tells Emma Barnett how she lost tens of thousands of dollars to a “friend”, Anna, who turned out to be a con artist on a grand scale.

North Sea diver Chris Lemons was 100 metres below the surface when his oxygen hose snapped. He wasn't rescued for half an hour.

Anthony Ray Hinton spent 28 years on death row in Alabama for two murders he didn’t do. He was freed in 2015 when the US Supreme Court quashed his conviction. He was a black man arrested by white police officers, tried by a white prosecutor, convicted by a white jury and sentenced by a white judge. He told Emma Barnett, death row was the one place he didn’t experience racism.

“I was the last person who should have gone on a TV show.” The thoughts of Caroline Wharram, a Big Brother contestant from 2012 who hit the headlines after being accused of being racist. She tells Emma Barnett she feels the producers of the show exploited a young vulnerable and mentally ill woman. And she now wants reality television to change.

Clare McDonnell talks to Beth Nimmo whose daughter Rachel was of the twelve students who were murdered in the Columbine school shootings alongside one of their teachers.

Willy Phillips Junior, who in 2010 survived a plane crash which killed his father, talks to Emma Barnett about how he escaped, and how he has only recently overcome crippling fears and anxieties caused by the accident.

Angie Heal, a former specialist drugs worker with South Yorkshire Police, talks to Emma Barnett about how she helped raise the alarm about the horrific grooming of children and young people taking place in Rotherham.

Ahmad Nawaz escaped the Taliban four years ago, when extremists stormed his school in 2014, killing 149 people, including his younger brother. He now lives in Birmingham and campaigns against extremism.

Peter Duffy, the NHS surgeon who was accused of racism and 'forced out' of his job after raising concerns about three Asian colleagues. Peter, once voted doctor of the year, said the experience completely destroyed his career and devastated his family life.

The winner of the first ever series of the X Factor.

A man who survived being blown up in Afghanistan, and refused to let it ruin his life

The former Liberal Democrat MP who was at the centre of a tabloid sex scandal.

Mike Tomlinson remembers the incredible life of his wife Jane Tomlinson, an amateur English athlete who raised £1.85 million for charity by completing a series of athletic challenges, despite suffering from terminal cancer.

British couple Tony Scott and Justine Merton-Scott survived the horrific attack on the Bataclan Theatre in Paris on 13 November 2015. They tell Emma Barnett what it was like - and what it was like revisiting the city three years later.

In January 1977, Annie Walsh was murdered in her Manchester flat. Four months later, neighbour Robert Brown was arrested. Within 36 hours he'd signed a confession - a confession which he says was beaten out of him. After spending 25 years maintaining his innocence in prison, the Appeal Court ruled his conviction was unsafe and he was released. Robert tells Emma Barnett his story, and explains why he is now trying to change the criminal justice system.

Karen Downes, whose 14-year-old daughter went out with friends in 2003, and has never been seen since, tells Anna Foster about how she's coped with life after that moment. She describes in honest detail the impact on her and her family life - including the moment she stabbed her husband.

Kweku Adoboli, the trader jailed for the UK's biggest financial fraud, tells Anna Foster why he's now fighting deportation to Ghana, the country of his birth which he left aged 4.

Helene Donnelly, the nurse who revealed the scandal at Stafford Hospital, tells Anna Foster what prompted her to become a whistleblower, and what it was like to face the backlash and the bullying.

Lisa-Marie Husby loved her summer trips to Utøya Island - until the day Anders Breivik turned the idyllic retreat into the scene of a mass murder. She tells Jim Taylor the story of her escape, as a new film is released showing how the massacre unfolded in real time.

Tracey Curtis-Taylor on being accused of being a fraud. She flies a vintage biplane around the world, but was accused of lying about flying solo. In 2013, she flew a 1940s Stearman from Cape Town to West Sussex, taking eight and half weeks, to recreate Lady Mary Heath's solo journey in 1928.

Rachael Denhollander on exposing the greatest sexual assault scandal in sports history. The American lawyer and former gymnast was the first woman to publicly accuse Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor, of sexual assault. Rachel's statement led to more than 260 other women coming forward with their stories and as a result, Larry Nassar was sentenced to up to 125 years in jail.

War photographer Paul Conroy on his final assignment in Syria with reporter Marie Colvin before she was killed by an airstrike in Homs in 2012. Paul made it out alive - just - after being caught up in a rocket attack. His story is the subject of a new documentary - 'Under the Wire'.

In 2001 Judith Silett was branded Britain's most hated woman. She and her then husband had paid a US agency £8,200 to adopt twin girls from America. The press accused them of buying the children. Judith tells Anna what really happened - and why she still has no regrets despite the children being returned to the US.

Tom Gregory on swimming the English Channel aged 11 in 1988. He became the youngest person to swim the 32-mile crossing and it took him 32 hours. He still holds the record and has written a book about his experience to mark the 30th anniversary – A Boy in the Water.

Zlata Filipovic, whose childhood diary, written during the war in Sarajevo, became a bestseller. Thousands of civilians were killed as hundreds of shells bombarded the city each day. But Zlata and her family survived. And they survived thanks to her diary.

Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, on being a tough parent. Her memoir outlines her strict "Chinese" style of parenting which saw her daughters Sofia and Lulu follow a strict routine of studying and violin practice with no time allowed for TV or sleepovers.

Sean O'Brien, also known as 'Dancing Man' was fatshamed when pictures of him dancing were posted online by strangers. However his story took an unusual turn when musicians and stars turned out to support him including Moby, Pharrell Williams and Ellie Goulding.

Michael Josephson on surviving his suicide attempt, where he broke nearly every bone in his body by jumping off a 60-foot high bridge. 20 years later, he has an MBE and a multi-million pound business.

Anne Scargill is the ex-wife of former NUM leader Arthur Scargill, and co-founded the Women Against Pit Closures. She says the miners’ strike of 1984-5 was her political awakening, and opens up about the sexism, politics and activism of that time.

Model Chloe Ayling was kidnapped in Milan and held captive for six days. But doubt was cast on her story when she returned to the UK. The doubters were proved wrong when her kidnapper was jailed. Now Chloe tells Anna Foster about the distress those doubts caused as she tried to recover from her ordeal

It’s fifteen years since Aron Ralston set off for a few days of fun and relaxation in Utah’s Bluejohn Canyon. He became trapped by a boulder and the resulting ordeal lasted 127 hours. Aron’s remarkable survival story was turned into a film by Danny Boyle. He told Anna Foster how it happened, how he managed to survive, and how he has a 'new boulder in his life' he's trying to overcome.

Rebecca Black was just 13 years old in 2011, when she recorded a song and music video. ‘Friday’ became one of the biggest viral videos in YouTube history – all for being labelled possibly the worst song ever. Rebecca tells Anna Foster about the shocking abuse she faced, and how she’s rebuilt her life.

Neil Laybourn was heading to work, when he saw a man climbing over the railings, intending to end his life. That man was Jonny Benjamin, and Neil managed to pull him back from the brink. Anna Foster talks to both men about that moment, and their battle to end the stigma of mental illness.

Lyn Rigby is the mother of fusilier Lee Rigby, murdered outside a barracks in Woolwich in London by two Islamic extremists. The terror attack, in May 2013, shocked the nation. Lyn tells Anna Foster what her son was really like - and reflects on the support that helped her cope with the impact of his death.

The murder of James Bulger in 1993 by two 10-year-old boys shocked the nation. His mother, Denise Fergus, alongside her husband Stuart, tells Anna Foster what it was really like and how James's death changed her -- and why she doesn't want the new identity of his killers revealed.

The mountain climber Simon Yates tells Anna Foster what really happened when he and fellow climber Joe Simpson attempted to climb a Peruvian mountain. Simon had to cut the rope to save his own life after Joe fell into a glacier crevasse. The story inspired the film Touching The Void.

Fab Morvan was one half of iconic pop duo Milli Vanilli, alongside Rob Pilatus, who had Number Ones around the world in the late 1980s. But it all came crashing down when producer Frank Farian revealed that Fab and Rob mimed the songs. In a rare full-length interview, Fab tells Anna Foster how it all came about, how he reacted at the height of the scandal – and how he’s rebuilt his career.

Mel and Steve Jones talk to Anna Foster about the murder of their 11-year-old son, Rhys, which shocked the UK when he was shot dead after being caught in the crosshairs of a gang fight in Loverpool in 2007. They talk about how they fear that another child could die in the recent upsurge of gang warfare in Britain’s cities – and how they’ve coped with Rhys’s death and the rituals they have when they visit his grave.

Jason Braham, formerly the director of art at Harrow School, tells Anna Foster about the brutal murder of his fashion designer daughter Lucy Braham in 2006. Lucy was stabbed to death by a former student at Harrow, William Jaggs.

Disgraced MP Jonathan Aitken speaks to Sam Walker about being found guilty of perjury and his spectacular fall from grace led to an unexpected turnaround in prison. This is originally from The Emma Barnett Show on 29 March 2018

Anna speaks to former policeman Gurpal Virdi who faced accusations of racial discrimination in the 1990s. He was cleared by an employment tribunal, but then, following his retirement, he became the focus of an investigation into allegations of historic abuse of an under age prisoner.

Scottish grandmother ‘Nour Abdullah’ (not her real name) tells Anna Foster about why she left Scotland to live in Iraq, and what it was like surviving three years under so-called Islamic State, where she encountered beheadings, torture and car bomb factories.

TV presenter Simon Thomas talks to Anna Foster about the sudden death of his wife, Gemma, who died In November 2017 just three days after being told she had acute myeloid leukaemia – and the impact of the death on his eight-year-old son, Ethan.

Ben Dunne, father of Viola Beach band member River Reeves, talks about the death of his son, who was killed in a car crash along with his fellow band members and their manager, in Sweden in February 2016. He also talks about the River Reeves Foundation, which he set up to offer financial support for those trying to make it in the performing arts.

From Hong Kong banker to Buddhist Monk: Emma Slade tells Emma Barnett how a chance encounter with an armed man in her five-star hotel turned her life around and made her re-evaluate all her priorities.

The British airman, who was taken hostage by Saddam’s troops in Iraq in 1991, tells Anna Foster how he came to fight in the First Gulf War, what it was like to be paraded on national television, and how he feels now about his ordeal.

Leading female barrister in the 1950's.

The TV presenter gives her first on-air interview Emma Barnett, to tell her what it’s been like to undergo a 27-year-ordeal at the hands of a stalker. She explains the impact of the stalking on her and her family – and argues powerfully for a change in the way that the system handles cases like hers.

The woman at the centre of tabloid allegations in 2004 tells Emma Barnett what it was like once she went public with claims that she’d had an affair with David Beckham – something he’s always denied. In this interview, Rebecca talks about whether she’d be treated differently now, and reveals that Max Clifford suggested she make a sex tape.

The mother of Reeva Steenkamp tells Emma Barnett about her daughter, who was killed by Oscar Pistorius in 2013 -- and how that devastating moment has changed her and her husband's lives forever.

Ski-hopeful Molly Bloom tells Emma Barnett how her life was turned upside down when the FBI raided her poker business – a true-life story which inspired the Hollywood film Molly’s Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.

Nick Dunn, who was imprisoned in India for several years before having his sentence quashed on appeal in November 2017, talks honestly to Emma Barnett less than 24 hours after his return to the UK about what happened and what kept him going during his time in jail and on bail.

The man wrongly accused of Rachel Nickell’s murder in 1992 tells Emma Barnett what it was like to be hounded by the tabloids – and only exonerated by the police after 10 years.

Jackie Teale, a teacher, tells Emma Barnett what it was like to be on the wrong end of a column written by Katie Hopkins and published by the MailOnline. Katie Hopkins had accused her of taking her pupils to an anti-Trump demo – something which never in fact happened.

Catherine became pregnant after being raped by a man she had considered her friend. She explains to Emma why she decided to give birth to the child - and why the hardest thing for her is looking into her son's eyes.

The former banker tells Emma Barnett why he gave up a lucrative career in the City to go off and fight the so-called Islamic State in Syria.

Emma speaks to Sylvia the mother of 20-year-old Sophie Lancaster who back in the August of 2007 along with her boyfriend Rob were brutally attacked late at night by a gang in a park in Rossendale, Lancashire. So horrific was the attack that both were left in comas. Rob recovered from his injuries. Sophie very sadly did not. The two of them were attacked simply because they were dressed as goths.

City trader Alexis Stenfors was sacked after losing hundreds of millions of pounds. He tells Emma Barnett why he did it and what impact it has had on his life

TV filmmaker Sean Langan was kidnapped by the Taliban in 2008. He tells Emma Barnett how it all came about, and how he survived, the terrifying, gruelling ordeal.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the legalisation of abortion, 5 live’s Emma Barnett speaks to 77 year old Hilda Matthews. She fell pregnant in her 20s when abortion was banned. She was one of thousands of women who decided her only option was an illegal backstreet abortion. In total she survived three of them.

What's it like to suddenly have the world's media descend on you? In this episode Emma Barnett hears from Tim Collins and Vicky Beeching.

In 1975, Paddy Armstrong was one of several people sent to prison after the IRA bombed a Guildford pub the year before, killing five and injuring 60. But in 1990, his conviction was quashed. Paddy tells Emma Barnett what it was like to see freedom after 15 years wrongful imprisonment.

In August 2012, right-to-die campaigner Tony Nicklinson, who had locked-in syndrome, lost his legal battle to choose when he died. He immediately refused food, and died a week later. Five years on, his widow, Jane, tells Emma Barnett about the battle, what family life was like before Tony’s stroke, and how she’s coped afterwards.

The TV and sport presenter talks honestly and revealingly to Emma Barnett about what happened when a rare form of malaria took her close to death after an epic 3,000 mile cycle ride to Rio – and how she recovered from the ordeal.

Zoe Quinn, the video game developer who faced extreme harassment after an ex-boyfriend published details of her love life online, tells Emma Barnett how the controversial episode changed her life.

Lauren Harries shot to fame as James in 1988 on TV chatshow Wogan. She tells Emma Barnett what really happened then, and how her dramatic life has changed since, including her transition to becoming a women.

TV newsreader Mark Austin and his daughter Maddy tell Emma Barnett about how they coped with her struggle with anorexia

A name you may not have heard of, but you’ll recognise his work. Or the works he copied. Shaun Greenhalgh tells Emma Barnett how he created fake art masterpieces from his shed in Bolton – and went to jail when he was caught.

Sharon Shoesmith, the former head of Haringey Children’s Services, talks about the tragic death of baby Peter Connolly in 2007 and the impact it had on her life and her profession.

Geordie Allen tells Emma Barnett the extraordinary story of how he was hit by lightning and, despite horrific injuries, went on to rebuild his life

Kevin Myers, sacked after writing a column making remarks about two female TV presenters that were criticised as anti-semitic, tells Emma Barnett why he regrets writing it.

Emma Barnett meets someone at the heart of a news story to find out what really happened. Today, the Lib Dem leader reveals why pressure over his Christian beliefs led him to step down much earlier than anyone previously knew and what he thinks the future of liberalism is in the UK.

Emma Barnett meets Theresa May in the prime minister's first one-on-one, in-depth interview since the 2017 general election, and a year on from taking office.

The incredible story of Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger, who tells Emma Barnett how he landed his Airbus A320 on the Hudson River in 2009, saving 155 lives.

Undercover journo Nicola Gill tells Emma Barnett what happened when she tried to get on Blind Date as a contestant in 1997 – and how she was rumbled by Cilla Black and her team.

‘Nick’ tells Emma Barnett the harrowing story of how his son cut off his penis while high on skunk – and how he and his family recovered.

98-year-old Ben Ferencz tells Emma Barnett what it was like being one of the US prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crimes trial at the end of World War Two.

Sacked Sutton United goalie Wayne Shaw tells Emma Barnett how eating a pasty on camera made his “world fall in”

Australian DJ Mel Greig tells Emma about the infamous prank call that went tragically wrong, and how she coped with the aftermath.

Mum and doctor Alice Wells tells Emma Barnett about the nightmare of discovering that her husband was a paedophile – and that he’d abused their daughter.

Christian singer Vicky Beeching stunned and divided the evangelical church with two little words: “I’m gay”. She tells Emma Barnett what it was like to come out and how she dealt with the reaction.

Former England captain Rio Ferdinand talks honestly to Emma Barnett about the impact of the death of his wife Rebecca, and how it’s affected his children.

Hero of Educating Yorkshire, Mushy, tells Emma Barnett what it was like becoming an internet star for battling his stammer, and why he is proud to be known as 'Stutter Boy'.

Ingrid Loyau-Kennett, the passer-by who confronted the killers of Fusilier Lee Rigby in May 2013, tells Emma Barnett why she got involved, and the impact that's had on her life

Paul Betts tells Emma Barnett why he published a picture of his 18-year-old daughter Leah dying after she took an ecstasy tablet - and how that decision changed his family's life.

Emma Barnett meets those who found themselves at the centre of a big news story to find out what really happened and how it changed their lives. Tonight, Judith Keppel discusses being the first Who Wants to be a Millionaire jackpot winner. Plus, a chat with Shaun Halfpenny - the Carlisle headteacher whose joke about wearing goggles to play conkers led to a public outcry over health and safety. Download the podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/5live.

Teacher and media personality Simon Warr tells Emma Barnett what it was like to be wrongly charged with child sex abuse – and how, despite being cleared, it’s ruined his life.

Fake bomb tweeter Paul Chambers tells Emma Barnett about the battle to clear his name after he jokingly tweeted that he would blow up Robin Hood Airport.

Planespotters Paul and Lesley Clinton tell Emma Barnett what it was like to be jailed for six weeks in Greece after they were arrested for spying.

Headteacher Shaun Halfpenny tells Emma Barnett the truth behind the story that he’d banned conkers in his school playground.

Emma Barnett meets the person at the heart of a news story to find out what really happened and how their life changed overnight. This week jewellery boss Gerald Ratner tells Emma why he called his shops' products "crap", and how he's had to battle since to rebuild his reputation.