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The actor on the bravery of Britney Spears, her favourite Manchester bar and the designer who’s making fashion accessible for everybody

Otto Baxter, Britains first director with Downs syndrome, has made a documentary to highlight the film process in the hope more people with learning disabilities will enter the industry.

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This documentary follows a film-maker with Down’s syndrome as he makes an autobiographical horror film. It’s full of jokes, warmth and honesty – as well as challenging perceptions

The nights are drawing in and, for many of us, that means more time to catch up those must-watch TV shows.

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PETER HOSKIN: Denzel Washington sure has done a lot of equalizing. The Russian gangsters harassing Chloe Grace Moretzs prostitute in 2014s The Equalizer? Equalized.

In this documentary-short double bill, we follow the creative successes and struggles of filmmaker Otto Baxter, a 35-year-old man with Down’s Syndrome, as he directs his first project – an autobiographical horror-musical called The Puppet Asylum.

Otto Baxter’s gruesome Victorian romp – complete with sweary musical numbers – is loosely based on his life. It’s a unique, monster-filled scare-fest, with its own incredibly moving documentary

Sky Documentaries has released the UK first-look trailer and official poster for Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story.