Extraordinary People - Episode Guide

When her daughter's untreated toothache developed into a large and aggressive facial tumour, Thandiwe sacrificed everything she had to try to save her child's life. Too poor to afford medical treatment, she roamed Zimbabwe in search of a doctor able to stop the growth that was slowly taking over her daughter's face until, eventually, a charity and a UK doctor got involved.

Help! I'm 16 But Look 60

Episode: 11x05 | Airdate: Jun 27, 2013

21 and 3ft tall

Episode: 11x06 | Airdate: Jul 4, 2013

The Incredible Hulk Woman

Episode: 11x07 | Airdate: Jul 11, 2013

Season 12

Erick: The Boy with no Face

Episode: 12x01 | Airdate: Oct 4, 2016

Erick's tumour stops him from eating, drinking or breathing.

The Boy with No Brain

Episode: 12x02 | Airdate: Oct 11, 2016

Noah Wall was born with less than two per cent of a brain.

Season 13

I'm 20 But Look 60

Episode: 13x01 | Airdate: Feb 15, 2017

Documentary following teenager Zara, who inherited a rare genetic condition from her mum that makes her look much older than her years.

Boy With No Face: 6 Months On

Episode: 13x02 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2017 (65 min)

Erick, a Ugandan who had a rare tumour the size of his head who underwent risky experimental procedure. The film reveals what happened next.

The Snake Skin Woman

Episode: 13x03 | Airdate: Mar 23, 2017 (65 min)

Documentary about 32-year-old, Nusrit 'Nelly' Shaheen from Coventry who has defied the odds to become the world's oldest known survivor of Harlequin Ichthyosis - a condition which causes skin to grow ten times faster than normal. As a result, Nelly's skin cracks and appears scaly - she has to scrub off layers of dead skin in a two-hour, twice-daily routine.

The World's Heaviest Child

Episode: 13x04 | Airdate: Jun 1, 2017

Doccumentary looking at the case of Arya Permana, an 11-year-old from Indonesia, who weighs a massive 30 stone.

The Bubble Wrap Boy

Episode: 13x05 | Airdate: Jul 12, 2017

Documentary about a 16-year-old boy who has a very rare condition which has left him with large swollen lumps all over his face and body. Now he is to undergo a series of operations that will hopefully change his life for good.

Season 14

The Boys with No Skin

Episode: 14x01 | Airdate: Jan 29, 2018 (65 min)

Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Gionfriddo was born with the life-threatening disease Epidermolysis Bullosa, or EB. Most people who have Jon's type of EB will die by the age of thirty as sufferers are prone to infections and skin cancers.

Frozen: From Dusk Till Dawn

Episode: 14x02 | Airdate: Feb 7, 2018 (65 min)

Documentary about 13-year-old Shoaib and his brother Rashid, 12, who are thought to be the only people in the world to have a mysterious condition which sees them, every day at dusk, gradually freeze into a state of paralysis. Then when morning comes the terrifying symptoms disappear.

30 Inches Tall and Turning 18

Episode: 14x03 | Airdate: Jan 22, 2018

Teenager Georgia is the height of the average two-year-old, and this rite of passage film follows her from her 18th to her 19th birthday. At just 2 foot 7 inches tall, she's charismatic, charming and happy, despite suffering constant pain in her joints. This revealing documentary follows Georgia as she travels to America to meet a medical expert in dwarfism.

Season 15

The Man With Another Man's Arms

Episode: 15x01 | Airdate: Apr 8, 2019