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This documentary tells the extraordinary stories and follows the eventful lives of five of the most talented children and adults on the planet. The subjects and their families try to account for their genius - pointing to nature, nurture, hard work and even God as the cause. 13 year old American prodigy Akiane is a self-taught artist from Idaho. 54 year old American Kim was the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's character in the film Rainman. Brain damaged since birth, Kim has developed a photographic memory. Eight year old Ainan is a prodigious young scientist from Singapore. 31 year old Ben is the UK Memory Champion and a self-taught genius and finally 10 year old Arielis a child music prodigy from Israel - he both plays and composes classical piano and jazz.

This film was first broadcast: 18 Aug 2008

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