All Disability articles – Page 38
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BBC unveils disability targets
The BBC has set strict new targets to increase the number of disabled people on screen and has launched an£800,000 fund to encourage new talent and ideas from people with disabilities.
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On the Box - Two into one won't go.
Did the subject matter of Bodyshock: The Boy Who Gave Birth to his Twin really need a sensationalist approach and spooky special effects, asks Lisa Campbell.
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BBC DRAMA TRIUMPHS AT PRIX EUROPA.
The BBC has picked up five awards at the prestigious Prix Europa awards in Berlin, including
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HOT 100 - The hottest names in the business.
With creativity back at the top of the agenda across all channels, Broadcast lists the top 100 creatives in TV. From Dawn Airey to Ricky Gervais, David Wood profiles this year's risk-takers and innovators and ask what's next.
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Celebs to feign facial disorders in C4 show.
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to follow its con-troversial Channel 4 shows Celebrity Blind Man's Buff and Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge with a third programme working titled Celebrities Disfigured: In Your Face, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsBBC takes 5 gongs at Prix Europa
The BBC has picked up five awards at the prestigious Prix Europa awards including best television fiction for its BBC2 disability drama Flesh and Blood, writes Nick Radlo in Berlin.
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Celebs to feign facial disorders in C4 show
Birmingham indie Maverick Television is to follow its controversial Channel 4 shows Celebrity Blind Man's Buffand Celebrity Wheelchair Challengewith a third programme working titled Celebrities Disfigured: In Your Face, writes ...
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BBC2 to air first disabled love story.
BBC2 controller Jane Root has commissioned a ground-breaking new drama that will be the first to feature two disabled people in lead roles, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsCartoon character causes offence
Mencap has criticised the BBC over a character in one of its cartoon series that it says is deeply offensive to people with Down's Syndrome, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsBroadcast figures honoured in Queen's list
The Queen's birthday honours list this year included nine figures from the broadcasting industry, more than ever before, writes Sam Matthews
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TV lags behind public opinion on disabled issue.
Sections of the broadcasting industry are evading casting disabled people on screen because they make 'uncomfortable viewing' and are 'untelevisual', according to new research, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsBig Brother opens its doors to the disabled
Channel 4's Big Brother is set to have a disabled person as a housemate - an aim supported by its production company Endemol, C4 chief executive Mark Thompson said today, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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Flesh and Blood set for documentary follow-up.
The BBC is to make a documentary looking at the real stories behind its award-winning disability drama Flesh and Blood, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITC HELPS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES GET TV JOBS.
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Creative Industries' Disability Network have joined forces to help
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NewsITC eyes more TV jobs for the disabled
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) and the Creative Industries' Disability Network (BCIDN), have joined forces to spearhead a drive aimed at ensuring more jobs are found in broadcasting for people with disabilities, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsDyke and Bennet's top 120 programmes
The full list of BBC programmes the director general and his director of television believe represent the best of the BBC.
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Trade Talk - Hot off the press.
Charlotte Ashton's PR background has helped her become a channel executive with a reputation for strategic thinking and clear proposals
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TX - It's only rock 'n' roll.
If, as Romantic poet William Blake wrote, 'the road of excess leads to the palace of