Josie Long hears stories of adaptation.

A former ghost writer describes the art of adapting someone else's life for the page, and a woman who left Damascus considers how her city has changed in the last few years.

Plus two stories of adapting to extraordinary circumstances - members of the Arctic 30 adjust to their new life inside a Russian prison, and a researcher perched on top of a Hawaiian volcano tests her psychological capacity to live on another planet.

Taking part:

Mark McCrum
Martha Lenio
Sarah Dadouch
Frank Hewetson
Dima Litinov

Producers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona Clampin

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall

A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015. Show less