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No Triumph, No Tragedy

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Peter White talks to disabled people who have bucked the odds and achieved outstanding success in a variety of fields

logo for No Triumph, No Tragedy - 03/09/2009
No Triumph, No Tragedy - 03/09/2009

Peter White meets US army helicopter pilot Major Tammy Duckworth, who lost both her legs in the Iraq war and now works in the Obama administration to improve veterans' welfare.

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logo for No Triumph, No Tragedy - 13/08/2009
No Triumph, No Tragedy - 13/08/2009

Peter meets deaf opera singer Janine Roebuck, who confounded the bleak prognosis given to her at 18 that the career she had set her heart on - opera singing - was impossible.

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No Triumph, No Tragedy - 20/08/2009

Peter White interviews blind Zimbabwean cricket commentator Dean du Plessis about his eventful journey from creating make-believe matches to commentating on real ones.

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No Triumph, No Tragedy - 27/08/2009

Peter White meets British fashion designer Betty Jackson, who had her leg amputated when she was just six years old.

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No Triumph, No Tragedy - 29/06/2010

As a tribute to the late historian Tony Judt, another chance to hear his moving and candid interview with Peter White.

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