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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Adult Baby

    • National Geographic

    What makes a grown man want to spend half his adult life as a nappy-wearing baby? Or have one wife in a virtual world with another in reality?Plus, witness the £300 bespoke 'Reborn' babies as they meet their new mums. In this episode, meet people who merge fantasy and reality into their day-to-day lives.

  • S01E02 Addicted Beyond Control

    • National Geographic

    Dependency doesn't just mean drugs or alcohol: follow four people as they struggle to break their all-too-real addictions, including incessant shopping, promiscuous sex and even computer gaming.

  • S01E03 Forbidden Love

    • National Geographic

    Meet the man attracted to his car, the woman who has had made the Berlin Wall her present day lover and the British couple with a 32 year age gap; these are the folks who never dreamt of having a traditional white wedding!

  • S01E04 Fake Beauty

    • National Geographic

    Faced with the pressures of modern society, beauty becomes an obsession for many. This episode reveals the extreme treatments stretching the boundaries of taste and style.

  • S01E05 Horders: Out Of Control

    • National Geographic

    Modern consumers want it all but some people just can't get enough. From London junk addict who battles with a 15 year obsession of accumulation and the retired charity shopaholic forced out of her home due to her inability to throw items away. Enter the world of compulsive hoarding.

  • S01E06 Prison Love

    • National Geographic

    Should criminals be allowed to pursue the human pleasures denied to their victims? Discover the moral and practical implications of love behind bars.

Season 2

  • S02E01 My Secret Life

    • National Geographic

    Do you have a secret life? Meet the folks who do in My Secret Life! Father and childcare worker by day, masked law enforcer by night: Phoenix Jones dons a superhero outfit and hits the streets to fight Seattle’s toughest criminals. Meanwhile, ‘wannabe paraplegic’ Chloe spends most of her life in a wheelchair when in reality she is fully able-bodied. And millionaire Todd spends his spare time riding the rails as a penniless hobo. Finally meet the ‘Furries’ who like to dress up as animal characters from their own imagination. Why do such people choose to risk humiliation and danger for their alter egos?

  • S02E02 Very Odd Couples

    • National Geographic

  • S02E03 Drunk and Disorderly

    • National Geographic