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Are You Having A Laugh? - TV And Disability

Are You Having A Laugh? - TV And Disability

  • TV documentary
  • BBC Two
  • 2010
  • 1 episode

David Walliams narrates an irreverent, funny and often cringe-making look at how television portrays disability. Features David Walliams, Stephen Merchant, Ben Miller, Ash Atalla, Dom Joly and more.

Key details

Genre
Documentary
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Two
Episodes
1
Features
David Walliams, Stephen Merchant, Ben Miller, Ash Atalla, Dom Joly, Francesca Martinez, Mat Fraser, Kiruna Stamell and more
Company

Narrated by David Walliams, Are You Having A Laugh? - TV And Disability is an irreverent, funny and often cringe-making look at how television has portrayed disability over the past 50 years.

From Sandy in Crossroads to Brenda in The Office, Walliams highlights how the subject has been done well, how it's been done badly, and how box ticking, political correctness and the odd token wheelchair has taken TV from Ironside to Little Britain in one generation.

With contributions from Stephen Merchant, Ben Miller, Mat Fraser and Kiruna Stamell, Tanni Grey-Thompson and Ash Atalla, Dom Joly, Julie Fernandez and Frencesca Martinez, the programme looks back at the way society was used to seeing disability on screens and how that compares with what's on there today.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Picture
Colour

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Friday 25th June 2010 at 9pm on BBC Two
Episode length
1 hour
Most recent repeats
  • Wednesday 21st March 2012 at 12:20am on BBC2 Wales
  • Tuesday 20th March 2012 at 11:20pm on BBC2
  • Wednesday 7th July 2010 at 12:40am on BBC1

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