All Disability articles – Page 22
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News
BBC plans diverse university push
The BBC is looking to hire candidates from a wider range of universities with a new recruitment process designed to ensure its workforce reflects modern Britain.
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BBC targets 50:50 gender split
Women will form 50% of the BBC’s overall staff and leadership team by 2020 as part of a raft of diversity targets which also include its first LGBT target.
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Comment
The BBC is working hard to reflect the UK’s diversity
There is much to do, but it’s wrong to suggest progress hasn’t been made, says Asif Hasan
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Boosting diversity to be prominent in BBC charter
The government has confirmed that diversity will feature “prominently” in the BBC’s new charter amid pressure from campaigners on the issue.
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Ratings
Grantchester continues ITV's scripted run
WEDNESDAY: ITV’s strong scripted run continued as Grantchester bowed out with a slot-winning performance.
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Donald Trump doc gets the vote of 1.8m viewers
WEDNESDAY: Channel 4’s second Donald Trump documentary in two months performed solidly, as Countryfile spin-off Secret Britain failed to match its previous outings.
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Donald Trump boosts Good Morning Britain
WEDNESDAY: The first UK broadcast interview with would-be US presidential candidate Donald Trump helped Good Morning Britain to its best audience in three weeks.
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Critics
TV Critics: Employable Me; MasterChef; Chef vs Science
“It’s warm, human, moving telly.” Read on for more reviews of last night’s television.
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News
Theroux explores alcoholism and brain injury for BBC2
Louis Theroux will return to BBC2 this year with two hour-long films dealing with alcohol addiction and brain injury.
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Features
Peer poll: Love still the one to beat
Last year’s winner is again top of the poll after applying its winning Bake Off formula to the world of pottery, while boutique Minnow sits joint second alongside a resurgent Keo
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Peter Bowker plots WW2 epic
Peter Bowker is eyeing up a multi-lingual World War II drama as his next BBC project – and plans to go deeper into society’s attitudes toward autism in a second series of The A Word.
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Ratings
Aliens land on E4 with over 500k
TUESDAY: Clerkenwell Films fantasy drama The Aliens landed with more than half a million viewers on E4.
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Features
Diamond: the indie verdict
The latest industry diversity initiative is piling pressure on indies already juggling broadcasters’ targets, reveals Broadcast’s Indie Survey
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BBC fails to make strides in boosting staff diversity
The BBC made little or no progress in improving the diversity of its workforce last year, despite a pledge from director general Tony Hall to make a “tangible difference” on the issue.
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Ratings
Happy Valley hits record share
TUESDAY: Happy Valley recorded its highest-ever viewing share – as almost a third of people watching TV tuned in to the hit crime drama.
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Behind The Scenes
Born to be Different, C4
Joining the production 15 years in, it was touching to see the rapport the crew had built with families, says Laurence Turnbull
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Comment
Let’s diversify writers rooms
If we want the best, we must give everyone a chance, says Debbie Moon
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News
Comedies dominate US pilots
US broadcasters are hunting for the next Modern Family, with UK indie Kindle Entertainment getting in on the act as family comedies dominate the line-up of around 85 scripted pilots ordered for the 2016/17 season.
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Features
Best multi-channel programme: Reggie Yates’ Extreme Russia
Prized Apart and Release The Hounds host Reggie Yates moved into very different territory with this look at the dark side of Russia.