All Disability articles – Page 29
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NewsGervais' Derek wins NY award
Ricky Gervais comedy Derek has picked up a major prize at the New York International Short Film Festival.
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NewsC4 orders additional Paralympics content
Channel 4 looks set to increase its coverage of the Paralympics to between 180 and 200 hours, and has commissioned Twofour to make a further six docs for a strand featuring some of Britain’s up-and-coming Paralympians.
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NewsParalympics to be streamed on C4 online and Sky
The Paralympic Games will be streamed on Sky, Channel4.com, as Channel 4 prepares to provide full rolling coverage of the 12 days of action.
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NewsRenewal leads to dip in C4 diversity perceptions
In the year that saw dwarves, gypsies and London gangsters on Channel 4, the broadcaster continued to be perceived as the leader in providing culturally diverse views and challenging prejudice in 2011.
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CommentSwitching on the monitors
Keeping track of contributors can boost diversity, says Steve Hewlett.
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NewsC4 asks viewers to spot mental health patients
Channel 4 is embarking on a major programming stunt by casting people with mental health issues in some of its highest-profile series – and asking viewers whether they can spot them.
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NewsUndateables gets second outing
Channel 4 has commissioned a second series of matchmaking show The Undateables.
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NewsMencap hands out criticism and praise to C4 on disability
Charity Mencap has questioned Channel 4’s approach to disability, praising it for developing talent and pushing issues into the mainstream, but issuing stinging criticism of Derek and the marketing for The Undateables.
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NewsSpazticus sketch scrapped after naked outrage
A sketch featuring a nude model and a blind man will not be included in a forthcoming Channel 4 comedy show following complaints from students in the life modelling class.
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Comment11 April '12
“It just charted, in its unsensationalist, unsentimental way, the stories of prostate cancer sufferers.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment3 April '12
“The episode actually trod a fine line between sentimentality and ridicule, and frequently went flying over it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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NewsBBC Learning orders disability docs
BBC Learning has ordered a series of eight shorts about primary school children with disabilities as part of a move to promote inclusivity.
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CommentActions speak louder than words
Our campaign is off to a good start - now the comes the hard part.
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NewsFirst sales for Downs series Punky
Animated series Punky – featuring a lead character with Down Syndrome – has been sold into a raft of new territories and has secured award nominations in Ireland.
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NewsI’m Spazticus pilot back as C4 series
A Channel 4 Comedy Lab pilot from 2005 featuring on and off-screen disabled talent is being dusted off to become a five-part series called I’m Spazticus.
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NewsCall for more action on equality
Speakers at Equality Act event say industry is still not doing enough about on-screen diversity.
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NewsC4 plans £450m spend on UK commissions
Channel 4 is planning on increasing its budget for UK commissions to £450m this year, chief executive David Abraham is expected to reveal today.
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NewsOfcom backs C4's risk-taking
Channel 4’s risk taking programming has been backed by Ofcom, which has cleared Ricky Gervais’ use of the word “mong” and thrown out more than 160 complaints over Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror.
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Henry Normal to speak at equality event
CBeebies Cerrie Burnell, Baby Cow’s Henry Normal, Floella Benjamin and John Stapleton are among the panellists at a free Pact/pan-industry event looking at the impact of the Equality Act one year on.