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[Part 1] Synaesthesia is a truly fascinating condition. In its simplest form it is best described as a “union of the senses” whereby two or more of the five senses that are normally experienced separately are involuntarily and automatically joined together. Some synaesthetes experience colour when they hear sounds or read words. Others experience tastes, smells, shapes or touches in almost any combination. These sensations are automatic and cannot be turned on or off. Synaesthesia isn’t a disease or illness and is not at all harmful. In fact, the vast majority of synaesthetes couldn’t imagine life without it.

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[Part 1] The A46 in Lincolnshire is known as one of Britain’s most dangerous roads. This uncompromising biography of a ‘killer road’, made by Bafta winning filmmaker, Jonathan Smith, includes moving interviews with people who have lost loves ones to accidents along the infamous black-spot and examines how a split second decision can change lives forever.

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[Part 2] 25 years ago, Ian Waterman caught a virus that destroyed half his nervous system. He was left like a rag doll, with no sense of touch below the neck and no idea of where his limbs were unless he could see them. The doctors told him that he would never walk, feed himself or dress himself again. Yet, against all the odds, he has made an apparently miraculous recovery. How has he managed it? What does his story reveal about the extraordinary capacities of the human brain?

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[Part 2] Gregg is 55 and does not feel physically whole. This is despite the fact that he is physically healthy and able-bodied. Gregg believes he is incomplete with two legs and it has been his life-long struggle to get doctors to agree that removing one of his legs is the right thing for him. He isn't delusional. He knows what he is asking for and knows it is strange. But he cannot help his feelings. Gregg suffers from a rare but genuine psychological disorder - a form of body dysmorphia. And Gregg is not alone.

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[Part 1] Gregg is 55 and does not feel physically whole. This is despite the fact that he is physically healthy and able-bodied. Gregg believes he is incomplete with two legs and it has been his life-long struggle to get doctors to agree that removing one of his legs is the right thing for him. He isn't delusional. He knows what he is asking for and knows it is strange. But he cannot help his feelings. Gregg suffers from a rare but genuine psychological disorder - a form of body dysmorphia. And Gregg is not alone.

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[Part 2] The A46 in Lincolnshire is known as one of Britain’s most dangerous roads. This uncompromising biography of a ‘killer road’, made by Bafta winning filmmaker, Jonathan Smith, includes moving interviews with people who have lost loves ones to accidents along the infamous black-spot and examines how a split second decision can change lives forever.

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[Part 3] Shot entirely on the beautiful, rugged North Cornish coast, this feature length documentary chronicles the life of Jane’s husband Nick as a fisherman, beachcomber and playwright. Already a stroke victim, Nick is unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer and from that moment on the film captures Nick’s efforts to pass on his knowledge and experience to his sons.

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[Part 2] Shot entirely on the beautiful, rugged North Cornish coast, this feature length documentary chronicles the life of Jane’s husband Nick as a fisherman, beachcomber and playwright. Already a stroke victim, Nick is unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer and from that moment on the film captures Nick’s efforts to pass on his knowledge and experience to his sons.

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[Part 1] In March 2003 doctors at Calcutta's Institute of Child Health made an astonishing and ground-breaking medical discovery. Quite by accident they had unearthed the only family in the world known to be struck by more than one case of progeria, a rare and incurable genetic disease. There are currently only 48 known cases worldwide, all of them isolated and seemingly random. But the doctors in Calcutta were faced with a mother who had given birth to five affected children.

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[Part 1] Chris heads down to his storage unit whenever he’s going through a rough patch, spending time with his prize possession; Derek the dalek who always lifts his spirits. 35-year-old Maria readily admits that her storage unit is her life. Everything she owns is locked away in a three-metre by three metre box. Maria moved into storage as a short term measure, but three years on, she’s still homeless and there’s little chance of her moving into a place of her own. Then there’s Roddolf, an unashamed storage junkie. He dreams of become an installation artist and he’s convinced that the stuff he stores, including 20-year-old boxes and piles of dust, will provide the inspiration and the raw materials for his masterpieces. As this special discovers, there is everything from dead bodies to people living in self-storage, making police raids more common and there has been no end of strange stuff found inside.

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