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.
BBC2 25 June 2010 60 minutes
Also included on the disk:
My Family: Wheelie Ben
Controversial episode of the popular sitcom, in which Ben finds himself classed as disabled and takes full advantage of the mistake.
BBC1 9 July 2010
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