All Disability articles – Page 29
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CriticsTV Critics: I'm Spazticus; Who Do You Think You Are?; Britain's Lost Treasures Returned; Love/Hate; Nurses
“Disability doesn’t have to be a joke-free zone. And I for one was LMFAO.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentThe Plane that Saved Britain
Behind the scenes on Channel 4’s WW2 documentary The Plane that Saved Britain.
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The Broadcast InterviewJamie Campbell and Joel Wilson, Eleven Film
Robin Parker speaks to Eleven Film’s co-founders about wooing the international market with EOne, shifting their focus to scripted - and the difficulty of devising a returnable format
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CommentBafta winners praise broadcasters' boldness
Baftas show the academy can turn the industry on its head says Balihar Khlasa.
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Behind The ScenesUnreported World: Cuba, Basketball And Betrayal, C4
I hadn’t planned to be a TV presenter, let alone a current affairs film-maker, says Ade Adepitan. Now I find myself interviewing people in Spanish.
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NewsCineflix and October strike deal
Cineflix Rights has negotiated an exclusive first-look deal with Rude Tube producer October Films, beating a host of rivals including Zodiak Rights.
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NewsC4 strengthens cross-genre disability commitment
Channel 4 has strengthened its commitment to changing the portrayal of disability on TV through a raft of programming.
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NewsBBC Trust clears HIGNFY over Elephant Man joke
A complaint about a joke involving the Elephant Man, made during BBC1 comedy panel show Have I Got News For You, has been dismissed by the BBC Trust.
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NewsBBC3 hunts for Fresh doc directors
Six fledgling documentary directors are being offered the chance to make their prime-time debut on BBC3 as part of the channel’s Fresh documentary strand.
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NewsC4 wins battle for Paralympics rights
Channel 4 has beaten the BBC to retain rights to the Paralympic games in a historic double award of the event’s TV rights.
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RatingsMixed fortunes for Death in Paradise
Death in Paradise fell to series low but was still the highest rating show in a drama-packed 9pm slot on Tuesday.
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CommentDiary of an AP: Getting ahead
Lack of training and dodgy promotions plague the industry, writes Ollie Scarth
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NewsC4's hands Last Leg live Friday night slot
Channel 4 is continuing its commitment to disabled talent by moving Adam Hill’s topical live chat show Last Leg into a primetime Friday night slot.
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RatingsUtopia makes underwhelming debut
Channel 4’s dark conspiracy drama Utopia failed to launch with a bang – tracking down an audience of little more than 1m.
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CommentLet’s not lose disabled talent
TV’s Paralympic legacy must be lasting, says Richard Miskella
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FeaturesThe 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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CommentAn 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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CommentTV 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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NewsC4 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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NewsC4 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.