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04 Apr 2008, 1:01 pm

Just saw a doco advertised on TV about an autistic teenager. It's the first of the new series of 'Amazing People' and by the looks of it he's fairly low on the spectrum, but has a gift where he can draw pretty much anything he sees on one viewing, and as such has gone around the world drawing all the big cities.

It's 9pm Wednesday or Thursday, missed the day, on Channel Five...


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04 Apr 2008, 2:49 pm

Thanks for posting that.

It's on at 9 p.m. next Wednesday.



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05 Apr 2008, 12:31 pm

LeKiwi wrote:
Just saw a doco advertised on TV about an autistic teenager. It's the first of the new series of 'Amazing People' and by the looks of it he's fairly low on the spectrum, but has a gift where he can draw pretty much anything he sees on one viewing, and as such has gone around the world drawing all the big cities.

It's 9pm Wednesday or Thursday, missed the day, on Channel Five...

am guessing it'll be about Stephen Wiltshire though is now adult,not teen-it sounds like it might be one of the old docs of him as a teen being repeated-there's been a few programmes about him.
Am a fan of the lines of his art,he is a great artist,good to see back on tv [or repeated if it is one of the old docs] even if it is only channel five.


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06 Apr 2008, 9:08 am

Could be, I missed his name... he looked like a teenager in it, though I could've been wrong. Black guy (am I allowed to say that? Or is it too un-PC these days? I mean no offense!) with little to no hair, if I picture him correctly. It has him flying over London in a helicopter so he can draw it after seeing it once, if that gives any indication of when it is. Looks interesting anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what it's like and the coverage it gives to it - I'm guessing that if it's part of the 'extraordinary people' series they think he's pretty cool, haha.


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07 Apr 2008, 7:47 am

Yes, it is indeed Stephen Wiltshire:
http://www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk/downl ... 1&Mode=Win
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wiltshire


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