Extraordinary People - Season 5

Extraordinary People - Season 5

Season 5

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DatesSept. 18, 2006 - März 15, 2007
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Episodes

The Boy Who Lived Before
Season 5Episode 160 min

The Boy Who Lived Before

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.
Sept. 18, 2006
The Musical Genius
Season 5Episode 260 min

The Musical Genius

Extraordinary People reports on Derek Paravicini. Derek is autistic, blind, retarded, and yet, is a genius at the piano. He can play anything he hears just once. This reports follows him to a major concert where he teams up with another genius pianist...with the same handicap.
Sept. 25, 2006
The Four Year Old Who Ran 40 Miles
Season 5Episode 360 min

The Four Year Old Who Ran 40 Miles

Budhia Singh is just four years old when his coach, Biranchi Das enters Budhia into a controversial 40 mile run for media exposure. Budhia was an orphan, always running, as much as 20 miles a day since the age of three. Now, Biranchi is training Budhia to become the world's youngest Olympic marathon runner. But the public is not too keen on the exploitation of such of young boy.
Okt. 2, 2006
Britain's Identical Quads
Season 5Episode 460 min

Britain's Identical Quads

José and Julie are about to become parents of identical quads in Britain. The story by Extraordinary People covers the risky pregnancy and birth of the quads.
Okt. 9, 2006
Building a New Face
Season 5Episode 560 min

Building a New Face

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.
Okt. 17, 2006
The Twin Within the Twin
Season 5Episode 660 min

The Twin Within the Twin

Extraordinary People reports on the phenomena of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, which occurs in developing twin fetuses, when one of the twins dies and is enveloped by the other or where both die because of unequal distribution of blood. This reports also looks at the case of Bengali farmer, Sanjay, who underwent an operation for what was believed to be a massive tumour in his stomach, but turned out to be the semi-formed fetal remains of his twin brother.
Okt. 23, 2006
The Girl Who Survived Rabies
Season 5Episode 760 min

The Girl Who Survived Rabies

This documentary of Extraordinary Poeple is about 15 year old, Jeanna Giese, from Wisconsin in the USA, who survived rabies thanks to an innovative and desperate treatment tried out on her by Dr. Rodney Willougby. His technique involved putting her into a deep coma allowing her body to begin an antibody response to the disease that let Jeanna gradually regained normal function. Subsequent testing of the same technique did not have such good results.
Okt. 30, 2006
The Man with No Past
Season 5Episode 860 min

The Man with No Past

In this episode of Extraordinary People, David Fitzpatrick experienced sudden inexplicable total memory loss at the age of twenty-five. The report follows David as he tries to regain his memories by travelling to places associated with his life in the hopes of triggering recollection. The report also looks at the effects on his family and his relationships with them.
Jan. 22, 2007
The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes
Season 5Episode 960 min

The Boy Who Sees Without Eyes

Ben Underwood has taught himself to use echo location to navigate around the world. Ben is blind, but has managed to do some truly extraordinary feats.
Jan. 29, 2007
The Twins Who Share a Body
Season 5Episode 1060 min

The Twins Who Share a Body

This episode by Extraordinary People contains a rare look at Abby and Brittany Hensel, dicephalus conjoined twins, having two heads and sharing one body.
März 15, 2007

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