Five announces raft of new fact ent shows

Five has announced a raft of new factual entertainment commissions.

Thirty-part observational documentary Highland Emergency follows the emergency services, including RAF Search and Rescue and ski patrol teams, in rural Scotland.

A new series of Extraordinary People will include Robochick And The Bionic Boy, on bionic treatments, The Rainman Twins, about the world's only autistic savant twins, and Outlaw Births, exploring "the underground movement of ‘freebirthing'".

New four-part series My Strange Brain explores "bizarre and rare" brain disorders such as Alien Hand Syndrome, which causes people's hands to behave independently, and Foreign Language Syndrome.

Three-parter Army Chefs looks at "the unsung heroes who feed Britain’s soldiers and royal banquets", while Lifesavers 999 follows the teams who race to transfer organs to donors around the country.

Climbing The Giants follows adventurer Guy Grieve in Australia, where he climbs one of the world’s tallest trees and delves into an unexplored forest.