BodyShock

BodyShock is a sensationalistic documentary series about the conditions or lives of extraordinary people. It was originally produced by redback for Channel 4 in the UK, but since September 2006, it has been carried by ArkMedia.

Image of Patrick Deuel in 2004, as featured on the Bodyshock story, 'Half Ton Man'

There have been three series since December 2003. These include (not necessarily in order):

• The Boy who Gave Birth to his Twin (First story. Shown 12 December 2003) (Alamjan Nematilaev from Kazakhstan)
• Anatomy of a Shark Bite
• The Man who Slept for 19 Years (Terry Wallis from the United States)
• The Man who Ate his Lover (Armin Meiwes from Germany)
• Megatumour (Lucica Bunghez from Romania and Matt Peperell from England)
• Girl with the X-Ray Eyes (Natasha Demkina from Saransk, Russia)
• When Anaesthesia 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)
• World's Biggest Boy (Dzhambulat Khatokhov from Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia)
• The Girl with Eight Limbs (Lakshmi Tatma from Bihar, India)
• I am the Elephant Man (Huang Chuncai from China)
• Half Ton Son (Billy Robbins from Houston, Texas, United States)

See also

• Freak show

External links

• Channel4 Official Episode Guide