8.2/1016 votesLoading...#1 - The Million Dollar Mind Reader
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2008
In this report by Extraordinary People, mothers flock to see a man who offers them the seemingly miraculous possibility of communicating with their infants. Derek Ogilvie says he can interpret babies' thoughts and feelings. The report follows Derek as he undergoes tests to determine if his ability is real...or not.
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#2 - The Man With Someone Else's Face
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 4/22/2009
The cameras follow a Chinese surgeon as he attempts a partial face transplant on a man who was attacked by a bear.
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#3 - The Boy with the Incredible Brain
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2005
Extraordinary People looks into "savants" which are geniuses capable of calculating complex mathematics and feats of memory.
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#4 - The World's Smallest Muscleman
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2008
In this episode of Extraordinary People, at just 2 foot and 9 inches, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder. Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India, for his ability to lift 1.5 kilogram dumbbells, despite his overall 9 kilogram body weight. Every day, crowds flock to the local gym to the see the mini-muscleman in training.
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#5 - 7/7 - The Man Who Should Be Dead
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2007
Extraordinary People looks at Danny Biddle, who was sitting only a few feet away from suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan on the London Underground when Khan exploded his bomb. He talks about the events of that day on the 7th of July and how he was helped by other survivors and managed to survive in spite of severe injuries. He talks about his treatment and life since then and his recent marriage.
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7.0/1043 votesLoading...#6 - The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning Into Bone
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/7/2005
Luciana 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.
Director: Virginia Quinn
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#7 - Building a New Face
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/2006
This episode of Extraordinary People takes a look at Juliana Wetmore, who was born with Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic craniofacial disorder. This disease prevented her face from forming and developing at birth. Follow Juliana as she is assessed for and undergoes reconstructive surgery.
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#8 - The Boy Who Lived Before
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2006
Cameron, ever since he was just a toddler, talks about another family he used to live with, called the Robertsons. Cameron knows the names of his previous family, where they lived, and can even describe the house and the landscape of his previous home on the island of Barra, some 200 miles away. But Cameron has never been there. Doctor Jim Tucker, of the University of Virginia, and Cameron's mother travel to Barra with Cameron to find the house, exactly as Cameron described.
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#9 - The Woman with Seven Personalities
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2004
Helen has a multiple personality disorder, probably caused by childhood abuse. Helen's lifelong friend, Dr. Ruth Selwyn, investigates the different personalities, ranging from childish to suicidal.
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#10 - Freak Show Family
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 4/1/2009
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.
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#11 - A Hundred Orgasms a Day
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/21/2005
In this episode, Extraordinary People tells the story of three women tormented 24 hours a day by the need for orgasm.
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#12 - The Man Who Paints the Future
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/28/2003
David 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.
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#13 - The Woman Who Dives the Deepest
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/2/2003
Extraordinary People reports on Tanya Streeter as she attempts a world record for diving without scuba tanks.
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#14 - The Child Who's Older than Her Mother
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2003
The 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.
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#15 - The Woman with the Mysterious Brain
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/21/2003
A follow up story on Sharon Parker who had most of her brain removed surgically as a child.
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#16 - Archie - The Six Stone Baby
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2004
Archie is just two years old and weighs almost six stone, or 84 pounds. He has a rare genetic disease called MOMO syndrome, which belongs to the family of overgrowth syndromes. This disease has only been diagnosed in four cases in the world. The name is an acronym of the four primary aspects of the disorder: Macrosomia (excessive birth weight), Obesity, Macrocephaly (excessive head size) and Ocular abnormalities.
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#17 - The Man Who Swears He's Normal
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2004
This is the story of three young men who suffer from Tourette's Syndrome. Some of the symptoms of this disorder are involuntary muscle twitching, tics, and even loud verbal outbursts.
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#18 - The Boy with a Tumour for a Face
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/11/2004
Novemthree, five years old, was born on November 3, in Indonesia. When he was three, tumors started growing in his face. They became so large, his face was distorted and he could hardly breathe or eat. A radical surgery was his only hope.
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#19 - Bodies Out of Control
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2004
In this episode of Extraordinary People, a group of people suffer from a rare condition called Dystonia. Dystonia is a neurological muscle disorder that causes uncontrollable, painful spasms anywhere in the body. Although not very well known, it is estimated that there are more than 500,000 people in North America alone that have the disease. This is more than Muscular Dystrophy, Huntington's Disease, and Lou Gehrig's disease combined.
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#20 - The 46-Year Pregnancy
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/23/2005
This episode is about Zahra, a 75 year old woman from Morroco, admitted to the hospital for abdominal pains. To the surprise of the doctor, the pain was due to a baby, mummified in her womb from a pregnancy 46 years earlier. The second part of this episode is about Jane Ingram...who gave birth to a baby that developed outside of the womb, in her abdomen.
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#21 - The Child Who's Older than Her Grandmother
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2005
This episode of Extraordinary People is an update on the documentary from two years ago, titled "The Child Who's Older Than Her Mother." This is the tragic story of Hayley Okines, a six year old girl born with a rare ageing condition known as Progeria.
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#22 - Born Without a Face
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/16/2005
Juliana Wetmore was born with a genetic disease called Treacher Collins syndrome. This is her story of her severe facial disorder.
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#23 - She Stole My Foetus
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2005
Extraordinary People investigates abductions of unborn babies from pregnant women. This episode follows the story of Elijah Evans who was brutally cut from his murdered mother's belly.
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#24 - The Woman with the Remarkable Body
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2005
In this episode, Alison Lapper stands up for the rights of the disabled. Herself, born without arms or legs, is an artist, mother and spokesperson for the handicapped.
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#25 - The Woman with Half of a Body
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/14/2005
In 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.
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The Best Episodes of Extraordinary People
Every episode of Extraordinary People ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Extraordinary People!
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...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Million Dollar Mind Reader" is the best rated episode of "Extraordinary People". It scored 8.2/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/25/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Man With Someone Else's Face".
