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.

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11 épisodes

  • The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning Into Bone
    E1
    The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning Into BoneLuciana Wulka's is just seven years old. She was diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossifcans Progressiva, a rare disease, which is progressively changing all of her muscle tissue into bone.
  • The Woman with Half of a Body
    E2
    The Woman with Half of a BodyIn this story, the deformed legs of Rosemarie Siggins were amputated when she was a child. Today, she works on cars and cares for her family in Pueblo, Colorado.
  • Joined at the Head
    E3
    Joined at the HeadExtraordinary People reports on conjoined twins, Josie and Teresita Alvarez, and, Lori and Dori Schappell, who were surgically separated as children. However, it did not go as well for the adult conjoined twins, Laden and Leleh Bijani from Iran.
  • The Real Rain Man
    E4
    The Real Rain ManIn this episode, Extraordinary People reports on the savant Kim Peek who has an amazing recall of facts and information. He can remember everything he has ever read. His condition combines a mixture of both brilliance and disability. Using a brain scan, it was determined that he is missing the normal connection between the left and right side of his brain.
  • The Twin Inside Me
    E5
    The Twin Inside MeHow can it be that DNA testing proves that Lydia Fairchild cannot be the mother of her own children? In this episode, Lydia was found to be a "chimera" where at her own conception, two separate fertilized eggs merged together instead of growing as two separate twins.
  • The Woman Who Lost 30 Stone
    E6
    The Woman Who Lost 30 StoneIn this episode of Extraordinary People, Onnie Jackson of Nashville, Tennessee endures complicated surgery to removed excess skin from her body after losing more than 400 pounds!
  • The Seven Year Old Surgeon
    E7
    The Seven Year Old SurgeonIn this episode of Extraordinary People, Akrit Jaswal, just twelve years old, is studying at the University of India to be a doctor. He travels to Britain to be studied by scientists at the Imperial College.
  • The Girl Who Makes Miracles
    E8
    The Girl Who Makes MiraclesAudrey Santo has been in a coma since she was three years old, back in 1987. Since then, she has undergone stigmata manifestations, and religious statues in her room even cry with blood and tears. Thousands of people visit her every years in hopes for a miracle cure.
  • The Boy with a Tumour for a Face (Update)
    E9
    The Boy with a Tumour for a Face (Update)Extraordinary People presents an update on the Indonesian boy named Novemthree, who underwent radical surgery in Taiwan to remove a huge, facial tumor. One year later, his tumors have grown and now his life is once again in danger from suffocation and starvation.
  • The Couple with 27 Children
    E10
    The Couple with 27 ChildrenA generous couple from Atlanta, Georgia, have adopted 23 handicapped children. John and Jeanette Murphy, together with their own four children, take care of the huge family. This is the story of thier daily life.
  • Identical Quads
    E11
    Identical QuadsIn this episode of Extraordinary People, four identical quad girls are followed in their growth in the Mathias family home.

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