I feel it is great Channel 4 is leading the way in representing disabled people in all its content on and off screen. But what about making all content accessible for disabled audiences to watch?

Those of you who have followed my blog for a while should know I’ve been campaigning for audio description on ALL TV shows and films. After the Disability Code of Portrayal launch event, I decided to contact the Channel 4 event and press teams to find out how Channel 4 is working to make all content fully accessible. They came back with this statement from Channel 4:

“We already have a number of commitments in place on providing access services and we have increased the number of programmes that are audio described and have BSL provision. But we will never be complacent and have set ourselves stretching accessibility targets to continually improve the service we offer.....

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