The Specials is a multi-award-winning reality television series about five friends with intellectual disabilities who share a house in Brighton, UK. Originally made as a web-series the show has since made the transition to television. The five housemates, Sam, Hilly, Lewis, Megan and Lucy, have been friends since childhood. Aged between 19 and 23, one person, Lewis, has Williams syndrome while the others have Down syndrome. The series was launched on its website on 2 September 2009 and ran until mid-November 2009 with weekly 10-minute episodes.