In an exclusive interview, one mother describes the decision to put her children up for adoption because she 'may' get back with her violent former partner as "cruel", "barbaric" and "completely draconian". The woman, who we're calling 'Lucy' has not seen her ex for almost two years. He is currently serving a prison sentence for raping her and an injunction is in place preventing him from going near her when he's released from prison.

Victoria Derbyshire interviews two brothers - Nick and Ben Wright - full-time carers for their father who has young onset dementia. They have made the decision to place him into long-term care.

In her first and only interview, Janet Tyler, the mother of Sol Campbell's nine-year-old son, pleads with the ex-footballer to start seeing his son regularly. Last week, Campbell told Victoria Derbyshire he hoped to have a relationship with his son Joseph, who he hasn't seen for more than six years. Janet Tyler said she’d do anything to make that happen.

Victoria talks to the retired airline pilot who thwarted a hijack attempt mid-air, by wrestling a man and gouging out his eyes, while his co-pilot recovered their aircraft from a steep dive. The attempted hijacking happened on a British Airways London to Nairobi flight in December 2000. There were 398 passengers on board.

Sol Campbell tells Victoria Derbyshire why he stands by his claims about racism in the FA, why he wouldn't advise a gay player to come out and explains more about his move from Spurs to Arsenal.

Dr Allen Ault, the man who was in charge of executions in the US state of Georgia, tells Victoria Derbyshire why he's now campaigning against the death penalty. He left his post as corrections chief in 1995 and has since received counselling to try to come to terms with his sense of guilt.

Living with dementia in your 30s, 40s, 50s and early 60s. A special programme from one of the country's only dedicated day support services for people with young onset dementia. Victoria Derbyshire hears from patients and families and asks why dementia research gets 10 times less medical funding than cancer research.

How good are official statistics? There have been warnings about the reliability of crime statistics and hospital waiting time figures... so what other data should we be worried about?

For the first time, Victoria Derbyshire reports claims that a patient was raped between 50 and 60 times while being treated at an NHS psychiatric hospital in Kent. The woman says the care worker told her he would help secure her discharge if she complied with him. She describes such hospitals as a "playground for predators".

Commander Chris Hadfield, the singing astronaut who spent five months in space at the International Space Station earlier this year, talks to Victoria Derbyshire.