Original version

BBC World Service Online

Migrated podcast image for: Outlook

Outlook

Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 12/03/2010

12/03/2010

BBC World Service - Outlook, 12/03/2010

A father's heartbreaking decision; French farmers online dating; Peru's book pirates.

Stacy Horton
A New Zealand father tells Ritula Shah about the heartbreaking decision he had to make late last year. Stacy Horton had to chose between saving the life of his son or his wife.

Superpower: Love on the internet
Outlook reporter Karen Meirik finds out why French farmers are turning away from the village courtship and looking for love online. 

Also, from New York to Edinburgh, Outlook listener Elizabeth Bernstein describes how she found love, thousands of miles away, via a photo sharing website. 

Book pirates of Peru.
Peruvian born author Daniel Alarcon tells us why in his country, literary success is judged by whether your book has been pirated.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Outlook

12/03/2010

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service