BBC World Service - Outlook

Saving Ms Hanks: Caught between Hollywood and heartache

After her parents’ split, Elizabeth, daughter of Tom Hanks, had a childhood of extremes

For 11 years Tracey and Maggie fought for the truth behind their children’s ill health

How Annette Herfkens's romantic getaway ended in disaster

From meet-cutes to happily ever afters, the essential elements of a classic romance

Cheryl was married to Bobby Love for 30 years without realising he was an escaped convict

Cuban ballet stars finding love in exile and the Guatemalan grandparents ruling the disco

US Army interpreter Nayyef Hrebid met Iraqi soldier Btoo Allami during the Iraq War

Sammi and Safi met and fell in love whilst rescuing people - then Safi was taken prisoner

Karl-Heinz and Hedi were kept apart by the Iron Curtain and the East German secret police

Jessica Share met her boyfriend, Aaron Long, 12 years after she gave birth to his child