TV And Radio round up on the iPlayer - A look at the way disability is portrayed on TV in Are you having a laugh? and Snog, Marry, Avoid features a deaf wannabe glamour model
'Are you having a laugh? TV and Disability' takes a humorous and irreverent look at the way disability has been portrayed on TV over the last 50 years, narrated by David Walliams.
From Sandy in Crossroads to Brenda in The Office, the programme, originally broadcast last year, examines how the subject has been done well, how it has been done badly and how box ticking and the odd token wheelchair has helped this process.
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Watch - Rita Simons: My Daughter, Deafness and Me
Documentary following EastEnders actress Rita Simons as she agonises over how best to deal with her five-year old daughter's deteriorating hearing.
Listen - In Touch
Peter White talks to Paralympic goalball player Jessica Luke about the decision to include the sport in the 2012 games. Plus, a report on the lack of audio described films available online.
Listen - Noise
A sound-driven mystery about memory loss and trust. Kit knows something isn't quite right, as she struggles to regain her identity after an accident. This is A Radio Four Afternoon Drama, written by blind playwright Alex Bulmer.
Listen - Blind Man's Bete Noire
Peter White goes for a walk in Kent with keen rambler Janet Street-Porter, to explore the first of his bete noires - the countryside. 'It's all cowpats and ditches', he says.
Watch - X-Ray
Rachel Treadaway-Williams investigates a charity raising money for children with learning disabilities.
Listen - Woman's Hour
Jane Garvey speaks to parents preparing a disabled child to leave home.
Watch - Snog, marry, avoid
Jenny Frost presents the world's first makeunder show where she meets Princess Lolly, a deaf wannabe glamour model from Preston.
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