All Disability articles – Page 35
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NewsC4 promises slew of orders to test shows
Channel 4 head Julian Bellamy has promised a “wave of commissioning” in the coming weeks to create a surge of new shows for autumn 2010 that could return to replace Big Brother in 2011.
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Diverse content nominees
Watch clips here of the 10 nominations for the Cultural Diversity Network’s excellence in creative output award for diverse content and CAST YOUR VOTE.
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RatingsRamsay loses half his F-ing viewers
Gordon Ramsay’s F Word returned to Channel 4 with 1.8m viewers at 9pm last night – just over half the audience for the finale of last year’s run.
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The Broadcast InterviewHilary Salmon, BBC executive producer
Executive producer Hilary Salmon may be rather reserved, but she’s the woman behind the corporation’s noisiest dramas. Katherine Rushton finds out why she has a lot to shout about.
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FeaturesThe Specials
Pitched as “Friends meets Skins”, The Specials is a docusoap with a difference. All five of the housemates have learning disabilities – four of them Down’s Syndrome.
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The Broadcast InterviewHarry Lansdown, BBC3
His channel may be down with the kids, but BBC3’s factual commissioner wants pitches on topics that span the generation gap beyond pregnant teens and flatmates.
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NewsOcto-Mom signs reality deal
Octuplet mother Nadya Suleman has signed an exclusive deal with Eyeworks for each of her 14 children to star in a reality series.
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The Broadcast InterviewRichard Deverell, BBC Children's & BBC North
BBC Children’s and BBC North’s Richard Deverell speaks to Katherine Rushton about catering for teenage audiences, disability ‘box ticking’ and stepping into the DG’s shoes
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CommentHow TV programmes normalised Tourette’s
Alison Walsh, editorial manager, Disability, Channel 4
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NewsBBC3 gives a Strictly spin to disabled talent show
BBC3 is to mix the glitz of Strictly Come Dancing with the public service gravitas of wheelchair use in its latest disabled talent format.
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BBC looking for elusive Grange Hill audience
The BBC is working on ways to “reconnect” with working class children according to children's controller Richard Deverell.
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Diversity: Broadcasters' pledge
The recent all-black episode of EastEnders reignited the debate about diversity in television. Broadcasters are all for change, but can they turn goodwill into reality?
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MipTV 09: Round-up
As the MipTV market in Cannes wraps up, Broadcastnow presents a selection of choice stories from throughout the week.
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C4 disability drama to poke fun at reality TV
Channel 4 has commissioned a mockumentary about six disabled characters spending a Shipwrecked-style year on a desert island.
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Production training: Before they were famous
Businesses across the broadcast industry are finding, nurturing and developing the hot young talent of the future through mentoring programmes, as Robert Gray explains.
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Disabled viewers demand ‘real' roles
Disabled viewers are demanding more “warts and all” portrayal of disability on TV, major new research by the BBC and Channel 4 has revealed.
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Disabled talent starts to break through
Emma Bowler reports on the growing number of programmes about and featuring disabled people.