{"podcast":{"title":"Victoria Derbyshire's Unbelievable Britain","slug":"victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141","podcast_index_feed_id":7655141,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APL9952847306","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/346b6b7c-13ea-11f1-a184-3f642934af16/image/18df1f2a4d8c6941d003bcd448726933.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Joy Peddlers","episode_count":23,"summary":"Real people. Real stories. Unbelievable Britain. Victoria Derbyshire sits down with people who have lived through extraordinary, jaw dropping and sometimes heart stopping experiences. Deeply personal stories that reveal the incredible breadth of lives, backgrounds and journeys that make up the people who live across the UK. Honest, powerful and unforgettable conversations that do not just stay with you, they can change the way you see your own life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T14:17:40.657626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141"},"episode":{"title":"My Life Was Wasted Before I Lost My Limbs | Alex Lewis with Victoria Derbyshire","slug":"my-life-was-wasted-before-i-lost-my-limbs-alex-lewis-with-victoria-derbyshire","published_at":"2026-05-07T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141/my-life-was-wasted-before-i-lost-my-limbs-alex-lewis-with-victoria-derbyshire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL7469542135.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APL7469542135.mp3","summary":"Alex Lewis was a pub landlord and father living an ordinary life when he caught a \"cold.\" That cold was actually Strep A, that left him on the point of death, with a 1% chance of survival. To save his life surgeons amputated all four limbs and part of his face. But instead of giving up, he rebuilt himself in extraordinary fashion. In this powerful episode of Unbelievable Britain, Alex opens up about the terrifying moment everything changed, the trauma his family endured, and the mindset that carried him through over 130 hours of surgery and years of rehabilitation. Now an adventurer, campaigner and disability advocate, Alex has gone on to kayak Greenland, climb mountains, row across Britain and help transform the lives of amputees through the Alex Lewis Trust and FLOAT Foundation. This is a story about survival, identity, resilience and what the human spirit is truly capable of. For more information about the work Alex and The FLOAT Foundation carries out and how to support please visit www.the-alff.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Alex Lewis was a pub landlord and father living an ordinary life when he caught a \"cold.\" That cold was actually Strep A, that left him on the point of de…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3381,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141/episodes/my-life-was-wasted-before-i-lost-my-limbs-alex-lewis-with-victoria-derbyshire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/victoria-derbyshire-s-unbelievable-britain-7655141/my-life-was-wasted-before-i-lost-my-limbs-alex-lewis-with-victoria-derbyshire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}