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Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.

On today's programme: North Korea in pictures; kidnapped by Somali pirates and the story of Hamilton Naki.

North Korea
Matthew Bannister speaks to Belgian American photographer Tomas Van Houtryve who last year posed as a businessman to take pictures in the North Korean capital Pyongyang.

Andrew Mwangura
The head of the East African Seafarers' Assistance programme, who fights for the rights of seamen kidnapped by Somalian pirates tells us how Samuel L Jackson could soon be playing him in a Hollywood film of his life.

Carol Ross
The former personal assistant to the pioneering heart surgeon Christian Barnard tells Outook about Hamilton Naki, the self-taught black surgeon who some have called the unsung hero of the world's first heart transplant operation.