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Opportunity | Modern Tales launch development programme for BAME, disabled and women filmmakers

February 21, 2017scenetvblog Comment

Modern Tales is a five month story and professional development initiative created by Bushfire Digital and Script Cube for emerging BAME, female and [...]

News | Channel 4 unveil new ‘Superhumans’ advert & Paralympics presenter line-up

July 17, 2016July 17, 2016scenetvblog Comment

Channel 4 has unveiled their new world-class presenting team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games which features the largest number of disabled presenters ever seen [...]

ThinkBIGGER! & Creative Skillset launch Writers’ Cramp scheme for disabled writers – apply now

April 22, 2016April 22, 2016scenetvblog Comment

Writers’ Cramp is seeking disabled aspiring writers and would-be script editors for a six-month programme sponsored by Creative Skillset. Creative Skillset’s last census [...]

Watch The countdown to Rio begins – Channel 4’s Year of Paralympics Trailer

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016scenetvblog Comment

4 years have gone by quickly haven't they?! In the run up to the 2016 Paralympics, here's a first look at some of [...]

Watch | Disabled Fight Club – Channel 4 Shorts

July 5, 2015November 14, 2016scenetvblog Comment

Meet the fighters living with disabilities who participate in full contact sports. In the clip above, meet Dave, the UK's only one-armed cage fighter. [...]

Watch| Made Of Steel – a Documentary on Wheelchair Basketball

October 18, 2013November 14, 2016scenetvblog Comment

Made Of Steel is a 28-minute documentary following the South West Scorpions, a wheelchair basketball team, at the National Junior Championships. This is an annual [...]

Channel 4 Study Finds that Paralympics Coverage Changed Perceptions of Disability

September 10, 2012September 10, 2012scenetvblog Comment

Reposted from Media Week Channel 4 has claimed its coverage of the Paralympics, which reached 37 million people and nearly doubled its average [...]

Channel 4 Invests in New Disabled Presenting Talent for the 2012 Paralympics

August 20, 2012August 20, 2012scenetvblog Comment

Reposted from The Guardian Channel 4 has invested £600,000 in training a fresh band of TV presenters and reporters with disabilities and Paralympic sporting [...]

Nicola Clark: “Disability is nowhere to be seen”

July 25, 2012scenetvblog Comment

Nicola Clark, a mother of two disabled girls and a campaigner on the issue of promoting positive attitudes towards disabled people, writes an article [...]

Casting Call: Channel 4’s The Undateables is Back!

June 18, 2012scenetvblog 7

Are you looking for love? Do you have a physical, sensory or other impairment, or a long term condition? Betty are making a [...]

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