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Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories.

Award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories.

Award-winning documentary maker Stacey Dooley meets people from all walks of life and hears their fascinating stories. Got a story to share? Get in touch via email: stacey@bbc.co.uk or use the hashtag #staceydooleypodcast 

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Bionic Bev: Turning my disability into a 'work of art'

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After decades of trying to hide her limb difference, Bev tests out a new robotic arm.

After decades of trying to hide her limb difference, Stacey meets roller derby enthusiast Bev as she gets a robotic arm.

Roller derby enthusiast Bev was born with one arm. Since she was a child she had longed for a piece of technology that could put an end to clunky prosthetics.

Stacey meets Bev as she is about to receive a new high-tech robotic arm and follows her transformation into 'bionic Bev'. After decades of trying to hide her limb difference, Bev is now ready to shout about it - and turn herself into a “walking work of art".

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Presenter: Stacey Dooley
Producers: Blanca Muñoz, Francesca Bent
Executive producer: Natasha Johansson
Digital producers: Sam Ashton, Stephen Trenchard

This has been a Little Dooley production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

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Stacey meets people from all walks of life to hear the highs and lows of starting over.

From learning to read later in life, to swapping the nine-to-five to fight crime... Stacey talks to people from all walks of life about the highs and lows of dealing with change.

From learning to read later in life, to swapping the nine-to-five for fighting crime... Stacey talks to people from all walks of life about the highs and lows of dealing with change. Available exclusively on BBC Sounds. Got a story to share? Get in touch via email: stacey@bbc.co.uk or use the hashtag #staceydooleypodcast

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