The Extraordinary was an Australian television

Television

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 documentary

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 series that featured stories of the paranormal

Paranormal

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 and supernatural

Supernatural

The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...

. It ran on the Seven Network

Seven Network

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 from 1993 to 1996.

The show was hosted by Warwick Moss

Warwick Moss

Warwick Tennant Moss is an Australian actor, television personality and New South Wales Premier's Literary Award winning writer for the stage.-Early life:...

, who would narrate to the audience "true life" tales of the paranormal. Stories on the show revolved around a wide variety of subjects including alien abduction, ghosts, tales of clairvoyance

Clairvoyance

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 and cryptozoological creatures such as the yowie

Yowie

The Yowie is a creature from Australian folklore.Yowie may also refer to:*Cadbury Yowie, a confectionery from the Cadbury-Schweppes company*Yowie Bay, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia...

. The show had a distinct local slant, with stories on the 1987 Nullarbor UFO incident or the appearance of a headless ghost in a music video

Music video

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 for the Australian band 1927

1927 (band)

1927 are an Australian pop/rock band formed in Melbourne in 1987 with James Barton on drums, Bill Frost on bass guitar, his brother Garry Frost on guitar and keyboards, and Erik Weideman on vocals, guitar and keyboards...

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The Extraordinary also had a short-lived American

United States

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 version in 1994. It was hosted by Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Bernsen

Corbin Dean Bernsen is an American actor and director, known for his work on television. He is best known for his roles as divorce attorney Arnold Becker on the NBC drama series L.A. Law, and as retired police detective Henry Spencer on the USA Network comedy-drama series Psych...

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