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Extraordinary People

Season 8 2008 - 2009

  • 2009-03-18T21:00:00Z on Channel 5
  • 45m
  • 12h (12 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
Extraordinary people is the Five series of absorbing documentaries exploring remarkable stories of human experience and achievement from all over the world.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

2009-03-18T21:00:00Z

8x01 The World's Oldest Conjoined Twins

Season Premiere

8x01 The World's Oldest Conjoined Twins

  • 2009-03-18T21:00:00Z1h

Ronnie and Donnie Galyon are the world's oldest conjoined twins at 57. The show takes a look at their lives.

2009-03-25T21:00:00Z

8x02 Tree Man - The Cure

8x02 Tree Man - The Cure

  • 2009-03-25T21:00:00Z1h

The show takes a look at an Indonesian fisherman called Dede who is afflicted with tree like growths on his limbs.

2009-04-01T20:00:00Z

8x03 Freak Show Family

8x03 Freak Show Family

  • 2009-04-01T20:00:00Z1h

The 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.

Cameras follow the planet's heaviest man as he prepares to get married in Mexico.

8x05 Britain's Tiniest Toddlers

  • 2009-04-15T20:00:00Z1h

The series follows the daily lives of three primordial dwarves.

The cameras follow a Chinese surgeon as he attempts a partial face transplant on a man who was attacked by a bear.

2009-04-29T20:00:00Z

8x07 Octopus Man

8x07 Octopus Man

  • 2009-04-29T20:00:00Z1h

The series takes a look at the life of Rudy Santos who had three extra limbs when he was born.

A son prepares to risk his own life in an effort to save that of his mother.

2009-05-13T20:00:00Z

8x09 Growing Up Without a Face

8x09 Growing Up Without a Face

  • 2009-05-13T20:00:00Z1h

The series tells the story of five-year-old Juliana who was born with a severe case of Treacher Collins syndrome.

2009-05-20T20:00:00Z

8x10 Electric Human

8x10 Electric Human

  • 2009-05-20T20:00:00Z1h

The series takes a look at a man in Puerto Rico who says he can conduct electricity through his body.

The series takes a look at Liam Hoekstra who has 40 per cent more muscle than the average child his age.

Season Finale

2009-06-10T20:00:00Z

8x12 Real Wolf Kids

Season Finale

8x12 Real Wolf Kids

  • 2009-06-10T20:00:00Z1h

The 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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