All Disability articles – Page 21
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CommentThere is no need to fear the ‘unknown’ of disability
TV employers should be more open to Access to Work, says director Sebastian Cunliffe
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NewsBoycott threat lingers over Project Diamond
Bectu has reiterated its threat to boycott the Creative Diversity Network’s industry-wide diversity monitoring initiative if it does not agree to publish diversity data about every TV show.
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NewsITV and BBC partner on disability drive
ITV is to search for more disabled actors for Emmerdale and Coronation Street, while the BBC is to ring fence 10% of apprentice opportunities for people with disabilities as part of a dual diversity drive.
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VideoBehind the trail: C4's Superhumans
Channel 4’s three-minute 2016 We’re the Superhumans ad was shot over 12 days and includes more disabled people ever before featured in a UK ad.
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NewsBBC Studios launches diversity scheme
BBC Studios director Mark Linsey has launched a diversity scheme to address the under-representation of BAME and disabled people in creative positions in factual, entertainment and comedy production.
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FeaturesEd Havard, Channel 4
Widely praised for its Paralympics coverage four years ago, Channel 4 plans to go bigger and better in Rio. Head of TV events Ed Havard tells Miranda Blazeby what’s in store
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CommentImproving diversity will help us make better TV
Attracting brilliant, diverse creative talent is vital if we are to stay on top of our game, says Mark Linsey
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NewsBBC must stretch to hit diversity targets
The BBC has made no progress in improving the diversity of its most senior leaders and will need to make significant gains to hit its 2017 target.
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NewsC4 orders extreme sports disability show
A group of disabled people are set to take on bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing in a one-off special for Channel 4.
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CommentWhat did the referendum reveal?
Industry must address how it connects with all parts of the UK
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NewsBest Factual Channel: BBC Four
The channel has held its position as the UK’s highest-rated digital factual offering, with an astounding range of headline-hitting and quietly spectacular single documentaries
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NewsBest Popular Factual Programme: Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Commissioned within two months of the Paris attacks of January 2015, Ursula Macfarlane’s moving film mixed interviews, news footage and eyewitnesses’ own mobile phone recordings to piece together the shocking events.
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NewsBest Content Partnership or AFP: Formula E Season 2 Digital
Working with world feed partner Aurora Media, plus brands including BMW, Visa and Microsoft, Little Dot distributed race content to social platforms and created a daily schedule that included technology explanations, driver interviews, lists and infographics, celebrity-led content, behind-the-scenes material and news.
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CommentAutism is not just what you see on your television screen
Channel 4 gave me the chance to highlight the spectrum of the condition, says Olivia Hale
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FeaturesNotes On Blindness: review
It is often said that the loss of sight can lead to a heightened acuity in the other senses.
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FeaturesGoggledocs
Five of the UK’s top TV documentary-makers watched C4’s factual output in the first week of February. Here they deliver their verdicts in the style of the channel’s hit series Gogglebox
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NewsDiversity drive faces boycott
Broadcasters have come under pressure to be more transparent about diversity data on individual programmes as part of the Creative Diversity Network’s monitoring initiative.
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NewsDan Brooke: TV 'hideously able-bodied'
Channel 4 diversity guru Dan Brooke has slammed TV as “hideously able-bodied” as the broadcaster bids to increase the volume of disabled talent in the industry.
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NewsBBC4 gears up for diversity push
BBC4 boss Cassian Harrison has made boosting the channel’s diversity a top priority, as Ofcom draws up plans to hold broadcasters’ feet to the fi re on the issue through more regular reporting.
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CommentIs C4 meeting its remit?
As the government runs the rule over privatising Channel 4, Broadcast publishes extracts from a new book in which industry figures offer personal reflections on the challenges it faces