Meet the Elephant Man
27-year-old Brian Richards suffers from the same disorder as Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man – an individual with horrific disfigurements who rose to become a celebrity in Victorian times. Now Brian is about to embark upon a unique journey to bring the Elephant Man back to life. While Brian traces Merrick’s footsteps in London, a team of international scientists has been granted unprecedented access to Merrick’s skeleton. Equipped with the latest in medical and computer technology, they will attempt to recreate how the Elephant Man walked and talked and – for the first time – they’ll solve the mystery of his sudden death.
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1. Meet the Elephant Man
Just who was Joseph Merrick and why is he still such a medical mystery? Using pioneering 3D technology the Elephant Man walks and talks for the first time in over a century and with the help of 3D laser scans, ultra sounds and digital technology we discover what really killed him. Accompanying us on the journey is Brain Richards, a modern-day sufferer of Proteus Syndrome.