iPM: We Start With Your Stories

iPM's second programme from Islay, after listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast. What's it like for the younger residents of the island? What makes non-Ileachs choose t...

The first of two programmes from Islay, after iPM listener Chris suggested the Hebredian island for an outside broadcast. Who lives there? What makes them tick? And how do they keep local traditions a...

iPM listener, Aiden, shows us round the business he set up in a prison, roasting and packaging coffee at Feltham Young Offenders Institute, South West London. He wants to give the young men working wi...

Social media companies are in the spotlight about the harmful content that can be found on their platforms. In this programme, an iPM listener explains why she used to seek out such images, and how sh...

Listener, Alex, has a son with autism who's in a mainstream school. She explains how, after a difficult week, she was told to rethink how much she works in order to spend more time with her son. Paddy...

This week, an iPM listener explains how she came to sign a non-disclosure agreement with her employer, how it made her feel, and why she’s never quite gotten over it. LBC’s Shelagh Fogarty reads our Y...

iPM listener, Vicky, learned her father had died 10 days after it happened. She then found out the funeral had already taken place. She describes the impact this has had on her - and her family's - ab...

Listener Sara Tasker first appeared on iPM in 2014, when she was a superuser on the photosharing platform, Instagram. Five years later, we hear how she's made a full time career out of posting picture...

iPM listeners often get in touch about their marriages and relationships. This week we hear form a woman how joining an extra-marital dating site is actually keeping her marriage together. And from an...

Two iPM listeners take their hobby to extreme. Rachel ran a marathon when she was a teenager. Then a few years ago she challenged herself to run 26 marathons in 3 years, one for every letter of the al...

iPM listener Robert describes the six months he's spent without his wife while they wait for her visa to settle in the UK, and find out if they'll be reunited soon. We have news on the iPM Outside Bro...

"In the same way that they were saying 'no pets, no smokers', they were saying 'no LHA'."Listeners Graham and Sara tell how difficult it was to find their daughter - who has cerebal palsy and learning...

iPM listener, Nicola on why a cancer diagnosis gave her the impetus to try something new. Dame Esther Rantzen reads our Your News Bulletin. IPM@bbc.co.uk Another listener shares a letter she found fro...

iPM listeners take the programme around the country - in 2018 we’ve been wild swimming in Cumbria, up tower blocks in Manchester, in to outer space, and over the seas to remote islands. We’ve also de...

With news that Shetland is set to lose two thirds of their churches, iPM takes a closer look at the houses that God built. Sue Lawley reads Your News. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Scott Adam. ...

A listener on the deathbed promise she made, and whether she fulfilled it. Another listener describes finding parents halfway around the world and overcoming the guilt she's felt about it all her life...

How one woman became a surrogate for her childhood friend, and Sarah Jones from Surrogacy UK explains how it all works in the UK. Adam Boulton from Sky News reads our Your News bulletin.Presented by ...

Retirees and teenagers who meet once a fortnight for a chat. iPM@bbc.co.uk Evan Davis reads our Your News bulletin. And we have an update from the iPM listener who hadn't yet fulfilled the deathbed pr...

After suddenly losing her husband after 30 years of years of marriage, our listener Ann tells us about moving on.iPM starts with your story. iPM@bbc,.co.ukPresented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farn...

"People just didn't get it... He was in a lovely family now, he had lots of support from loving parents, it was in the past. It was already starting to be in the past. But no; this is our present".A l...

iPM visits a pre-term pregnancy clinic at St.Thomas' Hospital in London, which tries to prevent miscarriages and help mothers carry to term. A few weeks ago we spoke to a listener who had decided not ...

How a group of women built the UK's first senior co housing project. Let us know what's happening in your world - ipm@bbc.co.uk. Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Scott Adam....

When Eileen's husband started suffering from dementia, she couldn't take him out anywhere. After his death, the experience inspired her to set up a charity. Michael Buerke reads Your News. Let us kno...

The residents trying to protect their Yorkshire town from flooding. Hebden Bridge was badly hit by floods in 2015. In the valley above the town, volunteers have taken up saws and pickaxes to try and e...

iPM listener Sophie always wanted a big family. But after losing two babies late on during the pregnancies, she and her partner made the agonising decision to not try again. And Tony Blackburn reads o...

Who knows best: the parents or medical professionals? This iPM listener bought her daughter thyroid medicine on the internet, but she was later arrested and spent nearly two years on bail. The case ha...

A couple on why their divorce was almost too amicable. Plus iPM listener Charlotte on why childcare meant she couldn't go back to work and how that impacted her life. Mariella Frostrup reads our bul...

Family secrets feature a lot on iPM. The listener who hated her stepsons but couldn't tell anyone. The listener whose mum had secretly remarried. That time we heard from the wife and then the husband ...

Should the idea of 'fault' be taken out of the divorce process? The government has announced a consultation and iPM listeners weigh in. A few weeks ago Carole and Peter told us fault should go, but a ...

iPM listener, James, told us how he'd finally made contact with his biological father, who'd donated his sperm 30 years ago. Now that man explains what led him to be a donor in the first place, and wh...

Our listener James only learned as an adult that he'd been conceived by sperm donation. Ten years later, he's now found his biological father. They plan to meet next week.Plus Simon Jack reads our You...

Our iPM listener Noushad watched as India's heaviest monsoon rains in a century destroyed the place he had called home for 30 years. But concern turned to anguish when he lost contact with his wife wh...

After a landmark case saw a woman told she couldn't divorce her husband, two iPM listeners tell us about trying to end their marriages. Should "no-fault" divorces be introduced?We've also got our Your...

Our listener Sarah got in touch about her daughter Isla who is deaf and until recently received extra funding at school to help her. But Sarah doesn't yet know if that will continue in the new school ...

A listener on the problems she faced after her son died suddenly and why it might be something which might affect others. Plus Jim Naughtie reads our bulletin of Your News.Presented by Luke Jones and...

One listener explains how a TV advert made him see that he was in an emotionally abusive relationship, and how he moved on. Let us know your news. iPM@bbc.co.ukKatie Derham reads the Your News bullet...

A listener on half a decade of trying to find out what happened to his teenage sister. Colin Frost, the brother of Elsie Frost, has one last shot at getting information. ipm@bbc.co.uk Presented by Edd...

One listener tells of how she discovered a project to establish an independent "space nation" - Asgardia - and how she's now been elected as an MP for it.Kathy Clugston reads Your News. Presented by L...

A listener on an unexpected encounter with her boss and how she had the last word. Presented by Luke Jones. Let us know what his happening with you on ipm@bbc.co.uk...

A listener closes his bookshop after 40 years on the high street. We have an update on the ashes Sheila has been keeping in her broom cupboard. Plus Zeb Soanes has Your News. Get in touch ipm@bbc.co.u...

We're looking for somewhere to broadcast from. Small horses or small islands. iPM is the show that starts with your story. ipm@bbc.co.uk is how to get in touch. Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair....

A listener, who heard our series with a mother and daughter whose lives were changed by heroin, tells us about his experience with drug abuse. He lost his job and was admitted to rehab. But now things...

A listener takes us round the Red Room club in Ealing, West London. In the 1960s, the venue was called the Ealing Club and was where The Rolling Stones and The Who played some of their earliest gigs. ...

The week the inquiry into the the Grenfell Tower fire starts, iPM talks again to a listener and former firefighter, who investigated his own high-rise tower block in Manchester. Plus Susan Rae reads o...

Listeners on making homes, making gardens and living in a shed.Peter Gibbs from Gardeners' Question Time reads our Your News bulletin.Presented by Luke Jones and Eddie Mair. Produced by Cat Farnsworth...

We hear from listeners taking a second chance on love. Jilly Cooper reads our Your News bulletin plus we hear from a listener in Jersey who was so frustrated by a local problem she decided to stand i...

Two listeners on the challenges of teaching. One has been at the chalkface for 25 years, the other has been teaching almost a year. Plus Fi Glover from Fortunately reads Your News. Presented by Luke ...

Our listener Malcolm on trying to save his house. Another listener suggests we go wing walking with them but unfortunately due to rules we can't, so what a shame we'll just have to ask them about it i...

After 50 years of struggling to cope, a diganosis means the world no longer seems so strange for our listener.Get in touch on ipm@bbc.co.uk or @BBCiPM Presented by Luke Jones. Produced by Cat Farnswor...

iPM listeners tell of their encounters with potholes and share their expertise on how we can improve Britain's roads. And a listener rediscovers her family's connection with Enoch Powell, 50 years af...