All Disability articles – Page 28
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Features
The good, the bad & the ugly of 2012
From Homeland and the Olympics through the Jubilee Pageant and TOWIE Live to Savile-gate, 2012 has been an eventful year for television.
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An eventful year of event TV
2012 had plenty of highs, and one great big low. Roll on 2013, says Lisa Campbell.
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TV Critics: 50 Years of Bond Cars; Gay to Straight; How the Devil Got His Horns
“This vehicle was towing a trailer.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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C4 signs up Hills for 12 months in Last Leg deal
Australian comedian Adam Hills has signed a one-year exclusive deal with Channel 4 that includes another series of The Last Leg.
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C4 to follow life of triple-amputee photo journalist
Photo journalist Giles Duley’s attempts to readjust to life after having three limbs blown off in Afghanistan will be the focus of a 60-minute Channel 4 documentary.
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Warner Bros sells Spazticus as C4 orders second series
Controversial disability comedy show I’m Spazticus has been picked up for international sales by Warner Brothers’ distribution arm.
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Charities tell C4: keep up Paralympics momentum
Two leading disability charities have urged Channel 4 to continue its good work on changing perceptions of disability after the Paralympics.
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C4 Paralympics coverage changed perceptions, study finds
Channel 4 boss Jay Hunt has heaped praise on coverage of the Paralympics after a survey found that two thirds of viewers feel it favourably changed their perceptions towards people with disabilities.
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C4 tone proves a game changer
The legacy of the Paralympics is far greater than mere ratings.
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TV Critics: Paralympics opening ceremony
The theme of the night was enlightenment – not simply in the age of science and art, but also in regard to disability and perceptions of it.” Read on for the verdict on the Paralympics opening ceremony.
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C4's Gypsy Weddings faces axe
Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will not return for new series and may be axed after six specials next year.
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Turn on the radio for inspiration
The Paralympics continues a spectacular summer of sport, says Adrian van Klaveren.
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Changing attitudes to disability
C4’s Paralympics coverage aims to leave a legacy, says David Abraham.
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C4 clears schedules for live Paralympics
Channel 4 is clearing the majority of its schedule for the Paralympics as it prepares to increase coverage of the event by 400% from four years ago.
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C4: Is this what creative renewal looks like?
Maggie Brown says the jury is still out on David Abraham’s decision to hand power to Jay Hunt.
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Dispatches pushed into 4Seven schedule
A Channel 4 Dispatches film, Britain on the Sick, will be the first programme to break in to the schedule of repeats channel 4Seven based on its ratings and the level of discussion it created.
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Charity criticises C4's Beauty and the Beast
A facial disfigurement charity has called on Channel 4 to stop ordering programmes with ‘sensational titles which justify their existence by pretending to explore a social theme’, following the second series of Beauty and the Beast.
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C4's anniversary comedy line-up revealed
Vic and Bob, Harry Hill and the writers behind Peep Show, Father Ted and Drop the Dead Donkey will contribute to a fortnight of comedy marking Channel 4’s 30th anniversary.