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Criss-crossing the globe, "Body Bizarre" embarks on a voyage of discovery unlike any other. From India's child snake charmers to the world's hairiest girl, this series uncovers the real human stories behind the headlines. With deeply personal interviews and footage from the most unusual of day-to-day routines, it's an adventure through the truly astonishing.
2014
In Brazil, a man has an upside-down head; triplets undergo a second round of life-saving surgeries and an Argentinian has giant-sized limbs.
A Puerto Rican boy’s face is melting away. In Afghanistan, doctors operate on a baby born with a parasitic tumour. A Brazilian girl’s feet won’t stop growing. In Sweden, a village can’t feel pain, and the man who lost his face to cancer finds a new look.
A girl has a terminal neck tumour, and one woman has a black and white body and the other has the world's largest hands.
A British man is literally scared stiff. A Thai man would be the tallest man in the word if he could stand. A child born with an unknown condition baffles the medical community. A toddler covered in hair, and the man with an elephant leg.
A woman embraces a condition that causes her to grow facial hair and a Nepalese man born with three legs gets a life-changing operation.
A teen with a transgender girlfriend begins his sex-change transition and a Chinese woman lives with backwards hands and feet.
An American woman has over 50 orgasms a day. Plus, a young, soccer prodigy from Brazil who was born without feet tackles a new sport.
In Nepal, four sisters have a condition that restricts movement, a man’s chin won’t stop growing and Chinese girl born with hair all over her body seeks treatment.

The Pope blesses a badly disfigured man, a girl is born without arms and legs and a family has the world's longest hair.
In Nepal, a 16in elder campaigns for the record of smallest man. A 200lb stomach tumour rolls out of a man. The world’s tallest couple worries about their children’s height. A black and white Brazilian family is bullied and the elephant man gets married.
2015
Meet a teen who has aged prematurely, a schoolteacher who cries crystals, a mother with very brittle bones, and a boy with butterfly skin.
Meet a Frenchman with a rare shaking condition, and an American woman with an enormous stomach tumour, and the wibbly wobbly man.
A Brazilian village fears the sun, a South African woman has giant legs, there's an armless American mother and a girl's tongue won't stop growing.
Doctors operate on a huge neck tumour, an English teen is diagnosed with a rare aging condition, and an Indian baby is born with an extra head.
Meet an eight foot tall teen, a boy from India who possesses his own tail, a Brazilian man with supersized muscles, and the lobster woman.
Brazilian conjoined twins who share vital organs face risky separation surgery. In India, 12-year-old boys joined at the waist are inseparable.
A Polish woman undergoes a face transplant. A boy in China has a giraffe neck. A young Filipino girl has a sealed mouth.
Chinese woman battles an aging condition, three Filipino brothers can never grow, Brazil has an all-dwarf soccer team, and a teen has half a body.
Join a courageous girl who had acid thrown in her face, the lady known as the living statue, a no-limbed rapper, and a girl with huge tongue.
A girl is born without a proper facial structure, a baby with an alien-shaped head, a four year old who weighs 66kg, and a legless gymnast.
2017
A man seeks to repair his face after being mauled by a tiger; an 11-year-old undergoes fire treatment to lose weight; a boy living with tissue paper skin; a man with a hole in his face search for cures; a model embraces her hairy birthmarks.
A woman who slept through the birth of her child, hopes to find a diagnosis for her sleeping condition; a man with giant genitals seeks help; a 2.5ft teenager hopes to find out what stalled his growth.
A man is slowly choking to death because of his overgrown face; a boy is born with three arms; family members embrace being born with six fingers on each hand; an obese man strives to lose enough weight to have life-saving surgery.
A girl lives with ants in her head; a man undergoes surgery to remove his 132-lb tumor; a woman with a large facial tumor contemplates a life-changing surgery.
A girl's rare disorder causes her eyes to fall out of her head; a man who grows branches from his hands and feet hopes to return home; a baby with a large face tumor.
A boy can't stop his giant foot from growing; a woman with bubbly skin and her kids embrace their condition; a dwarf boy who defied the odds has one more challenge to face; a man with a facial tumor must conquer his fear of surgery.
A woman's leg swells to four times the size of her other leg. A boy living in pain due to his tightened muscles. Can doctors separate a baby boy from his parasitic twin? Two brothers avoid the sunlight.
A boy born with no eyes. A separated conjoined twin adjusts to life after losing his twin brother. Two brothers suffer from a very rare bone condition. A boy living with a huge facial growth finally gets a diagnosis.
The world's tiniest brothers find out if they'll ever be able to grow. Conjoined twins seek separation surgery. A boy with rare brain tumor. A girl living with a face tumor embraces her condition.
The world's tallest child can't stop growing. A man learns to use a dead man's hand. A teenager discovers he has a parasitic twin and it's been growing inside him. A limbless girl gets fitted for prosthetic limbs.
2013
Hear the inspiring story of the world’s thinnest woman, Lizzie Velasquez, who has a disorder that stops her body from storing fat. Plus, follow more incredible human stories.
Hear the inspiring story of Lalit Ram, who has learned to live with a large benign tumour that has disfigured his face. Plus, follow more incredible human stories.
Meet the 17-year-old girl who has learned to live with a very rare condition: a parasitic twin, and follow her journey to remove it. Plus, follow the story of Indonesia’s tree-man.
Meet Bobby Jo and two of her children who were all born suffering from Crouzon syndrome, and learn how they have come to terms with it. Plus, follow more incredible human stories.
Meet Delfina and hear her story, which involves a bizarre condition where she unexpectedly cries tears of blood. Plus, follow more incredible human stories.
Meet the man who suffers from a devastatingly disfiguring disorder, in which his body is covered in benign tumours. Plus, follow more incredible human stories.
2018

Ylena's neck painfully dislocates at the slightest movement. Kayla has an extremely rare and painful condition where her arm burns on the inside.

Ignacia suffers from a facial tumour that could asphyxiate her. Thomas has a rare bone eating disease that has ruined the left side of his torso.

Three-year-old Ana suffers from a brain crushing prematurely fused skull. Alex had septicaemia that rapidly led to the amputation of all four of his limbs.

Rebecca vomits up to 12 times an hour and is often hospitalised. Jacque has a lymphatic malformation in her face that means she has never talked.

Darina was born with a genetic disorder that's left her with a deformed mouth and jaw. Isaiah was born with his organs back to front and no jaw at all.

Fatima is allergic to light and even indoors must take precautions to avoid succumbing to skin cancer. Amar's face has been destroyed by a bony tumour.

Mahesh weighs 150kg, twice the weight of an average man, due to a syndrome that encourages constant eating. A development in the womb left Christian with no eyes.

Sulaiman suffers from Cruzon syndrome, which causes his eye to fall from his skull. Tony became a hermit when huge lumps grew around his face.

In Peru, diver Alejandro's body has blown up like a balloon. Marc from Germany has to drink 20 litres of water every day or risks death.

Italian professor Letitzia feels no physical pain and has broken limbs with no discomfort. Filipino twins Czarina and Ciara, 7, were born joined at the head.
In India, Arpit was born with his heart positioned on the outside of his rib cage. In Brazil, Winny suffers from a rare disorder that means her skin falls off.

In Mexico, Adrian, 22, has a basketball-sized tumour on the side of his face. In the US Janice has a giant leg that has grown out of proportion to the...

In Mexico Dany, 8, was born with Moebius Syndrome which paralysed her face. She's set to undergo delicate microsurgery. Will she smile for the first time?

Lee, 42, from England, has a rare stomach disorder that means his body is eating itself. In Columbia, Edward is just 70cm tall. Can a specialist explain it?

In India, baby Chahat weighs as much a six-year-old. Her family travel 2000kms to see a top obesity expert. In Spain, Juana is allergic to the outside world.

When Richard, 43, was shot in the face he underwent a face transplant, but now has complications. In a Peruvian village boys and men are going blind.

American toddler Cora was born with a condition causing her hands to swell up. In Brazil, Judite, was born with deformed legs and spine and walks on all fours.

A German woman blind in one eye has pioneering surgery where one of her teeth is used to hold a lens in her eye. Teenage Indian brothers are joined at...

The UK's shortest married couple both have dwarfism and are expecting their second child. In India, Miria is three and has a severe cleft palate.

Brazilian toddlers Ysabelle and Ysadora were born joined at the head. In Mexico Flor, 19, has a rare disorder causing half her face to sink in on itself.
2026
In California conjoined twins Erika and Eva Sandoval undergo a 17-hour surgery. In Mississippi, Wells Middleton battles through his new future after losing both his hands. In Indonesia Andriadi Putra has over 30kg of tumors on his body
In Staten Island, New York, 15-year-old John suffers from epidermolysis bullosa and has no indication of how long he might live. In Kansas City, 28-year-old Justice suffers from a rare sleep condition called chronic neurological disorder.
After 22 surgeries and losing his right eye, Amit refuses to let his incurable neurofibromatosis define him. 9-year-old Rajeshwari seeks out medical help to deal with her Ichthyosis. Mari Jade suffers from daily fits.
Brandon's life changed forever when surgeons removed a large piece of his skull. Harper's rare condition means she makes skin 10 times faster. Rafi has embarked on an incredible journey from a devastating brain hemorrhage to a successful career.
In Madurai, India, Ravi receives life-changing surgery to remove the huge tumors that cover his face. In California, Lauren has 24-hour treatment to prolong her life.
Natalie suffered major, life-changing burns after a bonfire explosion. Now, aged 18, she's not letting her burns hold her back. In Mississippi, 11-year-old Levi has a rare form of dwarfism.
Natalie was born with a rare condition referred to as the 'vanishing bone disease'. Sanja has a condition that causes blisters to form on her skin. In Ohio, Tiffany, 41, was diagnosed with progeria when she was in her late twenties.
After having her leg amputated, Jillian has surgery which will allow her to use her ankle as her knee. In Peachtree City, USA, Ashley Kurpiel suffers from a rare condition that turns her muscles to bone.
The family of conjoined, twins, Callie and Carter, must decide whether to separate them. Abandoned by her birth mother and born with no arms, Deborah refuses to let her tragic early life hold her back. Josh shares his life as "The Tourette's Barber".
Both born with brittle bone disease, Dejua and Antwon have suffered over 600 breaks between them. Robert's spine is not connected to his hips. In California, Yesi, 35, was born with diastrophic dysplasia, a rare type of dwarfism.
2016
Hashmot Ali was fishing to feed his growing family in Bangladesh when a tiger attacked him, tearing his face away. Now, 20 years on, he seeks an operation to restore his features.
12-year-old Shreya Darji from India suffers an infestation where over a thousand ants were removed from her ears, with ten emerging every day. What causes this nightmarish problem?
17-year old Moroccan teenager Zoubair lives with extreme facial tumours that cause difficulties with breathing. Doctors must perform complex, yet life-changing surgeries.
Harmonie-Rose Allen contracted septicaemia as a baby, and had all her limbs amputated. Now her life is set to change as she gets prosthetics fitted. This is her amazing story.
Kenyan orphan Forence Owitni, 28, suffered a growth on his genitals that has swollen his testicles and penis to the size of bagpipes. Can doctors successfully operate on him?
A look at how Sandra dos Santos, 50, from Rio, Brazil, lives the Rio beach lifestyle, despite the thousands of tiny tumours that bubble her skin - for which there is no cure.
A look at the life of four-year-old Brazilian boy Otavio Pimental, who was born entirely without eyes, as he embarks on a journey to be fitted with hand-crafted prosthetic eyes.
In India, Hemlata Singh, gave birth to a boy with the head and arms of his dead twin attached to his chest. Can doctors save the newborn and separate him from his sibling's body?
Just after 16-month-old Makaila was born, Doctors found a tumour on her face that threatened to choke and kill her. Now, her parents have found a surgeon to try and remove it.
Claimed to be the world's smallest teenage brothers, Jobdan and Yuki Lizarme from Peru are the size of pre-schoolers, but are young men, aged 18 and 16. What stopped them growing?
2019