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And the, sort of, the thing that i'm particularly aiming at is that our spaces in which we make our work are inaccessible and that disabled people cannot make shows because there is frequently huge barriers to them being able to get into the spaces where we make our work. well, jack, let's work through some of the issues you raised in this speech with the help of some people who i know you know. an actor who plays izzy armstrong in coronation street and is the co—founder of triple c, which runs disabled artist networking community. we also have briony arnold, drama producer and co—director...

Council, getting subtitles and audio description. it took a while for the broadcasters and the regulators to get there, but it is now a requirement for broadcasters to have virtually all their programming subtitled, and 10% of it audio description. so, with the next wave of diversity challenge was from ethnic minority representation, and all the broadcasters made commitments. they haven't been hugely successful. with disability, it's, kind of, three—dimensional. there's on—screen, behind the screen, and then what is the screen doing? so i watch corrie, and i'm impressed that izzy's storyli...

Representation, and all the broadcasters made commitments. they haven't been hugely successful. with disability, it's, kind of, three—dimensional. there's on—screen, behind the screen, and then what is the screen doing? so i watch corrie, and i'm impressed that izzy's storyline is not necessarily based on disability. she has other storylines as well. when i watch life by mike bartlett on the bbc, there was a character, melissa johns was playing a mainstream character. the fact that she was disabled was completely uncommented on. the first drama i ever commissioned was from a disabled write...

In the statistics as to how many deaths were put into different columns, how many disabled deaths, those with underlying health conditions were sort of relegated out of main statistics, and if you look at care homes and disabled people in those homes there was a massive over proportion of disabled deaths — of the first 100,000 covid deaths, 61,000 were disabled. and then the third thing, and the, sort of, the thing that i'm particularly aiming at is that our spaces in which we make our work are inaccessible and that disabled people cannot make shows because there is frequently huge barriers ...

Those with underlying health conditions were sort of relegated out of mainstream statistics and if you look at care homes and disabled people in those homes there was a massive over proportion of disabled deaths of the first 100,000 covid deaths 61,000 were disabled. and then the third thing, and the, sort of, the thing that i'm particularly aiming at is that our spaces in which we make our work are inaccessible and that disabled people cannot make shows because there is frequently huge barriers to them being able to get into the spaces where we make our work. well, jack, let's work through so...