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FIRST ON FIVE: WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:.||=================================================================================||||C5F: LISA SHARPS||ITN||ENGLAND: Cambridge:||EXT||SEQ Helen Smith (Meningitis Amputee) sitting in wheelchair in garden reading newspapers using artificial hands (20 secs)||||Helen Smith (Campaigner) interviewed SOT|- When I came out of the coma my legs had already been amputated - my hands were suspended next to me and my fingers were totally black ||||STILL Helen Smith graduation photo||||Helen Smith (Campaigner) interviewed SOT|- The doctors said to me you can have a really good bionic hand ||||STILL Helen Smith with artificial limbs TILT DOWN ||||Helen Smith (Campaigner) interviewed SOT|- The legs didn't fit me properly and I had the most enormous blisters - I couldn't wear them for a long time or walk in them - I got hooks for my arms which sound hideous but are very functional - I needed both - I needed the hook to do functional things but I also needed the hand for when I'm out in public because I don't like to be stared at and I felt like a freak ||||Cutaway: Helen Smith using hook to paint ||||INT||CMS Helen Smith typing on computer using hook attachments for hands TILT UP||CS Newspaper picture of Helen Smith with model Heather Mills TILT DOWN ||i/c||EXT||Helen Smith (Campaigner) interviewed SOT|- The legs have got silicon covers so I've got moles and they look quite leg like really - the most important thing is that these legs are really comfortable ||- The hands are electric which means I can open and close them and they have a grip ||INT||SIDE MS Helen Smith sitting at desk writing letter||||CS Envelope as address written ||||EXT||Helen Smith walking along on artificial limbs to post box (3 shots)||Helen Smith (Campaigner) interviewed SOT|- People have said how can you expect a nice looking limb when the NHS is overstretched and underfunded but so muc...