Bodyshock - Season 1

Episodes

The Boy Who Gave Birth to His Twin

The incredible story of seven-year-old Alamjan from Kazakhstan who underwent surgery only for doctors to discover his own twin was growing inside him

Dec 8, 2003

Season 1Episode 260 min

Wild Child

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Dec 15, 2003

Season 1Episode 360 min

Anatomy of a Shark Bite

The chances of being bitten by a shark are 80 million to one. This incredible documentary features and analyses two such cases illustrating how future attacks could be stopped.

Dec 22, 2003

Season 1Episode 460 min

Riddle of the Elephant Man

China's 'Elephant Man', Huang Chuncai, tells his own shocking story as he undergoes surgery to remove life-threatening tumours weighing 20kg that have caused him a lifetime of suffering. As a small child, Huang developed a small facial swelling. Now 31, his features have been destroyed and his body wracked by the tumours, which make up half his body weight. Bodyshock follows Huang as he travels to one of China's leading cancer hospitals for the surgery that he hopes will allow him to live a normal life, but which also carries terrible risks.

Jan 5, 2004

Season 1Episode 560 min

The Man Who Ate His Lover

Exploring the extraordinary and disturbing story of Armin Miewes, a 41-year-old man from Germany who advertised on the internet for willing victims he could kill and eat.

Mar 1, 2004