To be an identical triplet is special: on average just four sets are born each year in the UK. To the rest of us, their world seems unimaginable, even bizarre: three identical people who started life as one fertilised egg before it separated and three individuals grew.
Identical Triplets: Their Secret World journeys into the world of the identical triplet to find out what's unique about nature's own remarkable clones. Aside from their looks, just how similar are identical triplets in other ways? We meet four sets of triplets, and through stunts, tests and investigation learn about intense competition, extreme sibling rivalry, and whether nature or nurture has shaped their personalities and desires. And in an extraordinary experiment with one set of triplets, we explore how in tune their emotions are to see whether identical triplets could possibly share a sixth sense, or even Extra Sensory Perception, which allows them to secretly communicate. Meet some experts - Doris, Gladys and Alice, all aged 80 – Britain's oldest set of identical triplets. So who's the boss? The Suttons boys - Ed, Craig and Scott - couldn't be closer. The 21-year-old triplets live together in the same house and form a band called the Noise Next Door. But who can tell them apart? Even their mum sometimes has difficulty. And the Elvin girls from Edinburgh: Lorna, Leanne and Lindsey. When these girls are getting ready to party it's every triplet for herself. Blonde, tall and stunning, the Humphris triplets Anne, Libby and Katy (22) have always attracted attention. When they were 18 they were spotted at the Clothes Show and snapped up for a career in modelling. Now the girls are getting used to living independent lives, though separation of the threesome is still an emotional event. The Elvin girls and Sutton boys take part in a fun first experiment: can the triplets outfox photographers who believe they're actually shooting one person when there are three of them? Next a series of physical tests explore how the two sets of triplets fare competing physically against each other. And as Katy Humphris goes travelling for an extended period, we hear what it's like to be separated from her identical two sisters. And do they fancy the same people? Identical Triplets: Their Secret World compares the triplets' body language on a series of speed dates before setting up the ultimate prank by a set of triplets on another set of triplets – a date that swaps the Elvin and Sutton triplets around without each other knowing.
The Suttons boys - Ed, Craig and Scott - couldn't be closer. The 21-year-old triplets live together in the same house and form a band called the Noise Next Door. But who can tell them apart? Even their mum sometimes has difficulty. Finally, when the triplets' brain activity is monitored, as well as their heart rates and other physical signs, how emotionally alike are they, and could they communicate in a way no other humans can? Experts including world triplet expert Prof. Nancy Segal, psychologists and brain activity specialists see if identical triplets really can communicate by other, unknown means - in an experiment on the Sutton boys which has some unexpected results. Identical Triplets: Their Secret World is a Hart Davies TV Production for ITV1 and is produced and directed by Stephen Finnigan. Monday, 23 June 2008, 9:00PM - 10:00PM
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