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''Body Shock'' (also: Bodyshock) is a British medical documentary series about the conditions or lives of extraordinary people. It was originally produced by redback for
Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...
in the UK, but in September 2006, it was taken over by ArkMedia. There have been three series since December 2003. * ''The Boy Who Gave Birth to His Twin'' ( Alamjan Nematilaev from
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
) * '' Wild Child'' (also titled ''Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children'' in the United States) * ''Anatomy of a Shark Bite'' * ''Riddle of the Elephant Man'' (
Joseph Merrick Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then wen ...
from the United Kingdom) * ''The Man Who Ate his Lover'' (
Armin Meiwes Armin Meiwes (; born 1 December 1961) is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and eating a voluntary victim in 2001, whom he had found via the Internet. After Meiwes and the victim jointl ...
from Germany) * ''The Man Who Slept for 19 Years'' (
Terry Wallis Terry Wayne Wallis (April 7, 1964 – March 29, 2022) was an American man from the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas who, on June 11, 2003, regained awareness after spending 19 years in a minimally conscious state. Early life Wallis was born on April ...
from the United States) * ''Orgasmatron'' * ''The Girl with X-Ray Eyes'' (
Natasha Demkina Natalya "Natasha" Nikolayevna Demkina (russian: Ната́лья Никола́евна Де́мкина; born 1987 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian woman who claims to possess a special vision that allows her to look inside human bodies and see ...
from
Saransk Saransk (russian: Саранск, p=sɐˈransk; mdf, Саранск ошсь, Saransk oš; myv, Саран ош, Saran oš) is the capital city of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located ...
, Russia) * ''Megatumour'' (Lucica Bunghez from Romania and Matt Peperell from England) * ''When
Anaesthesia Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), paralysis (muscle relaxation), a ...
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) * ''Kill Me to Cure Me'' ( Brett Kehrer from the United States) * ''World's Biggest Boy'' ( Dzhambulat Khatokhov from
Kabardino-Balkaria The Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (russian: Кабарди́но-Балка́рская Респу́блика, ''Kabardino-Balkarskaya Respublika''; kbd, Къэбэрдей-Балъкъэр Республикэ, ''Ķêbêrdej-Baĺķêr Respublik ...
, Russia) * ''Half Ton Mum'' * ''The Girl with Eight Limbs'' ( Lakshmi Tatma from
Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West ...
, India) * ''I am the Elephant Man'' ( Huang Chuncai from China) * ''The Girl with Two Faces'' (Lali Kumar from India) * ''Half Ton Son'' (Billy Robbins from
Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...
, Texas, United States) * ''Two Foot Tall Teen'' ( Jyoti Amge, from
Nagpur Nagpur (pronunciation: aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to ...
, India) * ''Age 8 and Wanting a Sex Change'' * ''The Girl Who Cries Blood'' ( Twinkle Dwivedi from
Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...
, India) * ''Our Daughter, the Mermaid'' (Shiloh Pepin from Maine) * ''The Twins Who Share A Brain'' ( Krista and Tatiana Hogan from Vernon, Canada) * ''Dad's Having a Baby'' (Thomas and Scott Moore from California, US) * ''The 27 Inch Man'' (Edwardo Hernandez) * ''Turtle Boy'' * ''World's Tallest Man'' ( Sultan Kösen from Turkey) * ''The Man with the 10-Stone Testicles'' ( Wesley Warren, Jr. from the United States) * ''The Girl who Never Ate'' (Tia McCarthy from the United Kingdom, who suffered from and received corrective surgery for
Oesophageal atresia The esophagus (American English) or oesophagus (British English; both ), non-technically known also as the food pipe or gullet, is an organ in vertebrates through which food passes, aided by peristaltic contractions, from the pharynx to th ...
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*{{IMDb title, 0990536 2003 British television series debuts 2014 British television series endings 2000s British documentary television series 2010s British documentary television series Channel 4 documentary series English-language television shows