In 1987, 11 year old Stephen Wiltshire featured in a BBC documentary, the misguidedly titled The Foolish Wise Ones, which focused on a small group of autistics with remarkable skills. To the amazement of his schoolteachers, at the age of six, this unhappy, withdrawn, tantrumprone little boy started drawing London buildings from memory, with extraordinary accuracy. The film showed Stephen losing himself in the absorbing task of depicting a controlled a million miles from the anxiety-ridden one he inhabited. Now aged 33 his talent has led to a highly lucrative career, exhibiting and selling his artwork in his own gallery near Trafalgar square. This engrossing film follows Stephen as he returns to school to meet the teachers who encouraged his talents, and embarks on a feat that push even him to his limits - a four meter aerial panorama of London, drawn from memory after a 15-minute helicopter ride. The resulting picture is absolutely astonishing.

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Stephen Wiltshire draws Madrid skyline on a 5 meter long canvas from memory within three days. MSNBC reports.

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Stephen appeared on ABC News Good Morning America on the 13th of February 2008. Stephen wowed the viewers with a quick sketch of Piccadilly Circus after a 10 minutes glimpse of the landmark. Stephen has also been named as Person of The Week on ABC World News with Charles Gibson. Nick Watt and Olivia Sterns reports.

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Stephen Wiltshire draws Madrid on a five meter canvas from memory following a short helicopter ride over the city. www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk

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Stephen Wiltshire is a British autistic savant and accomplished artist. He became famous as the best child artist in Britain and published his first bestseller book at the age of 12. In 2006 he was awarded an MBE and became the member of the British Empire. In this video diary he talks about his recent visit to New York and shows a more personal and intimate side of him.

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Stephen Wiltshire from London is a star among savants. Stephen is autistic. He did not speak his first words "pencil" and "paper" until he was 5. Yet, when he was 11 he drew a perfect aerial view of London after only one helicopter ride. For this film we're testing the "Living camera" in Rome. (ColourField production)

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The original footage showing a comparison of Stephen Wiltshire's 10 meter long panoramic memory drawing and the real Tokyo skyline.

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Stephen Wiltshire is a British autistic savant and accomplished artist. He became famous as the best child artist in Britain and published his first bestseller book at the age of 12. In 2006 he was awarded an MBE and became the member of the British Empire. His artistic skills and extraordinary photographic memory has been challenged several times, at this time in Hong Kong. (www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk)

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Stephen draws the 5.5 yard Rome Panorama from memory within 3 days following a short helicopter ride. Stephen says: "Rome was easy but Tokyo was more difficult as it was a very long blank canvas."

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(www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk) One of Stephen's extraordinary abilities is to memorize landscapes up to the highest detail. During this flight he had a thorough look at the view of the Japanese capital from the helicopter including thousands of buildings, towers, high-ways, cars, buses, even down to intricate details of trees and windows. Following the 30 minutes ride Stephen seemed to be very excited and ready for the challenge.

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