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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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12 Episodes

  • The World's Oldest Conjoined Twins
    A1
    The World's Oldest Conjoined TwinsRonnie and Donnie Galyon are the world's oldest conjoined twins at 57. The show takes a look at their lives.
  • Tree Man - The Cure
    A2
    Tree Man - The CureThe show takes a look at an Indonesian fisherman called Dede who is afflicted with tree like growths on his limbs.
  • Freak Show Family
    A3
    Freak Show FamilyThe series takes a look at the lives of some Indonesian circus performers whose medical conditions made them the main attraction in a freak show. After the circus finished the individuals tried to adjust to a normal life and a British surgeon headed out to Indonesia to see if he could help them.
  • The World's Heaviest Man Gets Married
    A4
    The World's Heaviest Man Gets MarriedCameras follow the planet's heaviest man as he prepares to get married in Mexico.
  • Britain's Tiniest Toddlers
    A5
    Britain's Tiniest ToddlersThe series follows the daily lives of three primordial dwarves.
  • The Man With Someone Else's Face
    A6
    The Man With Someone Else's FaceThe cameras follow a Chinese surgeon as he attempts a partial face transplant on a man who was attacked by a bear.
  • Octopus Man
    A7
    Octopus ManThe series takes a look at the life of Rudy Santos who had three extra limbs when he was born.
  • The Man Who Shared His Liver
    A8
    The Man Who Shared His LiverA son prepares to risk his own life in an effort to save that of his mother.
  • Growing Up Without a Face
    A9
    Growing Up Without a FaceThe series tells the story of five-year-old Juliana who was born with a severe case of Treacher Collins syndrome.
  • Electric Human
    A10
    Electric HumanThe series takes a look at a man in Puerto Rico who says he can conduct electricity through his body.
  • The World's Strongest Toddler
    A11
    The World's Strongest ToddlerThe series takes a look at Liam Hoekstra who has 40 per cent more muscle than the average child his age.
  • Real Wolf Kids
    A12
    Real Wolf KidsThe documentary strand exploring extraordinary tales of human experience concludes with the story of two children suffering from congenital hypertrichosis, or ‘werewolf syndrome’. The programme investigates how genetic research may hold the key to giving these children normal lives – and potentially helping millions of others. Seven-year-old Nat Sasuphan from Thailand was born with congenital hypertrichosis, an extremely rare and incurable disorder that causes the sufferer to grow excessive hair on the face and body. “The worst thing at school is when the new students make fun of me,” says Nat, whose father is worried that Nat’s condition will cause her to develop an inferiority complex. Removing the hair is tricky: laser treatment had bad side effects, hair removal cream leaves a rash and shaving may harm the skin.

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