The BBC & Netflix Unveiled Their Five-Year Disability Partnership In 2021, But Where Are The Shows?

[feurioo]

At the 2021 Edinburgh TV Festival, the BBC and Netflix unveiled what the pair described as a landmark five-year disability partnership that would unearth a new generation of shows helmed by disabled talent.

 

But more than half of the partnership’s five-year time period has now elapsed and not one show has been revealed.

 

In recent months, sources from the UK drama and disabled TV communities have begun questioning the partnership, getting in touch with Deadline unprompted to query why a tie-up that was unveiled with such fanfare has so far failed to bear fruit.

Read the full article over at deadline.com.

Any recs for shows with authentic disability representation? What would you like to see more of?

Comments

[misbegotten]

I liked the scientist in the most recent David Tennant Doctor Who specials. I loved that they tackled head on the type of problem that wheelchair users who are partially mobile face when people see them moving out of or without the chair.

[kore]

Echo on Disney+, starring Maya Lopez, was a great example of representation in both character and actor.

[china_shop]

I really enjoyed the deaf community aspects of Switched at Birth -- so good to have multiple characters, all with very different issues and stories going on. :-)