Alan Dein discovers more real life dramas behind online profiles - via Facebook and Skype.

This time, he meets a range of outsiders including a 66 year old widow in rural Texas and an 18 year old who makes a living playing online poker. He also catches up with Jennifer in Nova Scotia who featured in the last series.

Producer: Laurence Grissell Published on June 13, 2012.

DLO 13 Jun 12: Outsiders

Rosie works as a teacher. When she was a teenager, her family struggled to pay school fees. She found a sponsor, but she had to make a repulsive choice to continue her education.

Rosie is offered a repulsive choice by her educational sponsor

How psychiatric nurse Judith has to come to terms with her partner not coming home.

Paul was the love of Judith's life. One day he didn't come home. She tells Alan what happened next.

Anna is a waitress in Iceland. During her break, she tells Alan why she considered suicide when she was bullied at school.

Icelandic waitress Anna talks about considering suicide after being bullied at school

Ahmed describes how his homeland Syria has changed since his last visit 4 years ago. He's now living in and studying medicine in Malaysia.

Syrian medical student Ahmad has to say goodbye to home in the hope of rebuilding his country

Alan Dein takes nocturnal excursions via Facebook and Skype, discovering an Australia pilot, a singer-songwriter and a Singaporean workaholic who all reveal their dependency. Published on March 13, 2015.

DLO: Dependence

Sebastian in Singapore is nagged by his parents to get married and ends up drinking too much.

Sebastian's vicious drinking cycle in Singapore

Mark is a flying doctor pilot and rescues sick and traumatized children in the Australian outback.

The flying doctor

Stories from people around the world, all dependent on something, or depended upon by others.

"When I woke up I was paralysed from the neck down"

Musician Akil grew up meeting the Four Tops, Little Richard and BB King, and he now works with David Guetta; but as a child he had to deal with being harassed as a black child in a white neighbourhood and coming out to his parents.  

From being bullied for being black to working with David Guetta

Alan Dein presents the moving story of three years in the life of Hank & Norma, a couple in their 60s from Arkansas, USA - told entirely by the messages left by Hank for Alan on Skype.

Alan first spoke to harp-playing Hank three years ago for Don't Log Off. Shortly afterwards, Hank started to leave Alan occasional messages and audio recordings. As the months went by, the recordings became more intimate and revealing, charting Hank's major heart surgery and Norma's experiences with cancer. Entirely on his own initiative, Hank started to record every detail of the couple's lives - including the final hours of Norma's life.

Producer: Laurence Grissell. Published on July 11, 2016.

A Message from Hank and Norma

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Alan Dein discovers the real life stories behind online profiles via Facebook and Skype. Alan locks himself away for a week to talk to people on the internet. He starts with nothing, just an online profile which says 'talk to me'. The results are intriguing, funny and often very moving.

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