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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 LitinovProducers Olivia Humphreys, Tim Hinman, Fiona ClampinSeries Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

From the first touch to the last kiss, Josie Long hears stories of love, loss and finding yourself. An audio diary shines a light on how we rebuild ourselves after the end of a relationship, how a final kiss in a love affair holds us in a moment crackling with tension, and how a first touch offers a moment of tenderness. Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.

Josie Long hears stories of seeing double.A baby monitor which opens up a terrifying world, an explorer who ventures into the unknown and a woman who longs to disappear into space.Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April 2015.