Extraordinary People is a television documentary series broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom. Each programme follows the lives of people with a rare medical condition or unusual ability. People featured have or had rare illnesses such as rabies and eye cancer. Many of these people do activities previously thought impossible for people in their condition.

The show began airing on 28 March 2003.

Where to Watch Extraordinary People • Season 1

4 Episodes

  • The Man Who Paints the Future
    E1
    The Man Who Paints the FutureDavid Mandell predicts the future from his dreams. To record his dreams, he paints the event and then takes a photograph of himself and the art in front of a bank showing the date and time...BEFORE the event happens.
  • The Woman Who Dives the Deepest
    E2
    The Woman Who Dives the DeepestExtraordinary People reports on Tanya Streeter as she attempts a world record for diving without scuba tanks.
  • The Child Who's Older than Her Mother
    E3
    The Child Who's Older than Her MotherThe story of Hayley Okines, a four-year-old with a rare disease which causes her body to age eight times faster than the normal rate.
  • The Woman with the Mysterious Brain
    E4
    The Woman with the Mysterious BrainA follow up story on Sharon Parker who had most of her brain removed surgically as a child.

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