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Extraordinary People (2003)

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Genre
documentary television program
Country
United Kingdom
Length
11 seasons, 84 episodes
Rated
14
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series profiles individuals living with rare medical conditions or unusual abilities. Each episode follows a person facing unique challenges, often showing them accomplishing things once considered beyond their reach.

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What happens

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 and/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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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