BBC Three's upcoming Defying the Label season will focus on the lives of young people living with disabilities.
The channel will air 15 programmes over the course of four weeks, including specialist documentaries, current affairs features, a factual drama and a comedy panel game show.
Issues including sex, romance, poverty and hate crime will be explored over the course of the season, which begins on Monday, July 20.
Factual drama Don't Take My Baby will kick off the season with the extraordinary story of a disabled couple's struggle to keep custody of their new-born baby.
Martin Dougan will present The Totally Senseless Game Show, which will tackle taboos around disability by 'disabling' its celebrity contestants, including Rick Edwards, Greg Rutherford and Amelle Berrabah.
Damian Kavanagh, Controller of BBC Three, said: "This incredibly powerful range of programmes has been designed to speak honestly to our open-minded BBC Three viewers.
"With the channel's strong reputation for delivering hard-hitting,...
The channel will air 15 programmes over the course of four weeks, including specialist documentaries, current affairs features, a factual drama and a comedy panel game show.
Issues including sex, romance, poverty and hate crime will be explored over the course of the season, which begins on Monday, July 20.
Factual drama Don't Take My Baby will kick off the season with the extraordinary story of a disabled couple's struggle to keep custody of their new-born baby.
Martin Dougan will present The Totally Senseless Game Show, which will tackle taboos around disability by 'disabling' its celebrity contestants, including Rick Edwards, Greg Rutherford and Amelle Berrabah.
Damian Kavanagh, Controller of BBC Three, said: "This incredibly powerful range of programmes has been designed to speak honestly to our open-minded BBC Three viewers.
"With the channel's strong reputation for delivering hard-hitting,...
- 7/6/2015
- Digital Spy
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