My Shocking Story

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My Shocking Story is a documentary television series originally broadcast in 2008 on Discovery Channel UK. [1] It was broadcast by The Learning Channel in the United States, Discovery Channel Australia and Seven Network in Australia [2] and Discovery Channel Italy in Italy. The series documents unusual or shocking medical ailments and conditions. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Episodes

Series One

Series Two

Reception

Laura Brown of the Sunday Times called the series "spectacular as it chronicles the lives of patients with unusual medical conditions". [6] The Age television critic Brad Newsome praised as "wonderful" the moments during which Dede and Zainal, two people afflicted with warts, meet. [7] Kerrie Murphy of The Australian said the show "handl[es] the topics with the sort of sensitivity unexpected from a show with that title" and called it an "affecting documentary". [8] [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Five takes on 'My Shocking Story'". Digital Spy. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  2. ↑ https://www.tvsa.co.za/shows/viewshowabout.aspx?showid=780
  3. ↑ Beckett, Angharad E. (3 July 2013). "Non-disabled children's ideas about disability and disabled people". British Journal of Sociology of Education. 35 (6): 856–875. doi:10.1080/01425692.2013.800444. ISSN   0142-5692.
  4. ↑ Durbach, N. (1 January 2014). ""Skinless Wonders": Body Worlds and the Victorian Freak Show". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 69 (1): 38–67. doi:10.1093/jhmas/jrs035. ISSN   0022-5045.
  5. ↑ Souza, Virgínia Laís de (17 July 2013). "O corpo monstruoso: da espetacularização midiática às práticas de resistência". Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.
  6. ↑ Brown, Laura (24 May 2009). "Pick of the Week". Sunday Times . Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Newsome, Brad (28 February 2010). "Pay TV - Sunday, February 21". The Age . Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  8. ↑ Murphy, Kerrie (11 December 2010). "Quick Bites --- Friday December 17". The Australian . Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  9. ↑ Murphy, Kerrie (9 October 2010). "Quick Bites - Friday October 15". The Australian . Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 1 January 2026.


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