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10 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Sat, Jan 7, 201742 mins
Can doctors save a man with a tumor twice the size of his head? The world's tallest teenage girl hopes a new scientific breakthrough could help her condition. A man with a leg that weighs more than 200 pounds seeks a diagnosis.
Episode 2
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
A boy with an extra arm growing out of his back considers surgery, a woman whose knees bend backwards faces a series of complex operations and a tumor in a woman's eye threatens her life.
Episode 3
Sat, Jan 21, 201743 mins
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.
Episode 4
Sat, Jan 28, 201742 mins
A teenage girl sleeps for weeks at a time, a boy with a brain-crushing skull defies the odds and a unique couple faces a big challenge.
Episode 5
Sat, Feb 4, 2017
AFTER winning an event to find Uganda's most unusual looking man, Godfrey Baguma was thrust into the limelight for his severely deformed head. The 47-year-old cobbler from Kyanzana, Uganda, became a local celebrity for his unique looks, which lead him to have a career in African pop music. But the singer's mystery condition had never been diagnosed - and he was always fearful he may have passed it on to his eight children. And with Godfrey's health recently declining Doctor Tony Wilson - the head of medicine at Mbarara Hospital - decided to carry out tests to diagnose him. Six weeks after an MRI scan with Doctor Wilson, Godfrey received the full examination he had always hoped for. He suffers from a rare condition called Fibrodysplasia - which affects the growth and placement of his cells and tissue.With the correct medication, Godfrey's health can be managed and better still - he cannot pass the disease down to his children.
Episode 6
Sat, Feb 11, 201743 mins
An eight-year-old with a rare form of dwarfism visits a specialist for answers, a young boy with a large mass on his skull needs life-saving surgery and a man is the only person in the world suffering from bone dysplasia.
Episode 7
Sat, Feb 18, 2017
A man born with extra legs finds out whether they can be surgically removed, doctors attempt to recreate a jaw for a young boy who was mauled by a hyena and a teenager faces her seventeenth facial surgery.
Episode 8
Sat, Feb 25, 201743 mins
A man with a life-threatening face tumor must conquer his fear of surgery, three young siblings can't stop eating and surgeons perform a groundbreaking surgery to separate conjoined twins.
Episode 9
Sat, Mar 4, 201743 mins
An eleven-year-old boy is still growing at 6-feet-9-inches tall, technology provides new opportunities for brothers born without toes and a teenager born with a severe skull deformity continues to defy the odds.
Episode 10
Sat, Mar 11, 2017
A teenager with a debilitating scale-like skin condition is desperate for relief, a woman struggles to cope with a tumor spreading across her head and a five-year-old with a rare condition defies the odds.