BodyShock

"BodyShock" is a scientific documentary series about the conditions or lives of extraordinary people. It was originally produced by redback for Channel 4 in the UK but since September 2006, it has been ArkMedia.

There have been three series since December 2003. These include "(not necessarily in order)":

* "The Boy who Gave Birth to his Twin" (First story. Shown 12 December 2003) (Alamjan Nematilaev from Kazakhstan)
* "Wild Child" (Feral children: Oxana Malaya and Edik from Ukraine, and Genie from California)
* "Anatomy of a Shark Bite"
* "The Man who Slept for 19 Years" (Terry Wallis from the United States)
* "The Man who Ate his Lover" (Armin Meiwes from Germany)
* "Megatumour" (Lucica Bunghez from Romania and Matt Peperell from England)
* "Girl with the X-Ray Eyes" (Natasha Demkina from Saransk, Russia)
* "Orgasmatron"
* "When Anaesthesia Fails" (Anesthetic awareness)
* "The Curse of the Mermaid" (Milagros Cerrón from Peru)
* "Half Ton Man" (Patrick Deuel from the United States)
* "The 80 Year-old Children" (the Hussein family from India)
* "Born with Two Heads" (Manar Maged from Egypt)
* "The Boy in the Bubble" (David Vetter from the United States)
* "World's Biggest Boy" (Dzhambulat Khatokhov from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia)
* "The Girl with Eight Limbs" (Lakshmi Tatma from Bihar, India)
* "I am the Elephant Man" (Huang Chuncai from China)
* "Born Without Limbs" (Nick Vujicic) from Brisbane, Australia

External links

* [http://www.channel4.com/health Health] at Channel4.com (contains link to latest BodyShock story)
* [http://www.sharevirus.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=14384&p=49571&hilit=bodyshock#p49571 Nice description and photos of most episodes]