Talk Disability - Season 1
Season 1
Invisible Disabilities
Episodes
Jessie
Jessie Yendle has had a stammer since she was young, which she says made her a prisoner to her speech. Life changed forever when she posted a video on social media showing her ordering a coffee at a drive-through. Now with an online community of three million, Jessie is a proud ambassador, helping spread awareness and education about stammering.
Chris
Chris McEwen has lived a life of extremes, from the highs of boxing and serving in the army to periods of deep depression and suicide attempts.But it wasn't until he was diagnosed as biploar that things started to make sense. He now gives opportunities to kids with disabilities by teaching them to box.
Selena
Selena Caemawr distinctly remembers always feeling a bit different. Before being diagnosed with autism at a late age, Selena went through many jobs where experiences left her feeling the whole world was against her. After a work incident resulted in her being left in physical pain, Selena realised she never wanted others to feel the same way. So with the help of a friend, she opened a café where autistic people can be their true selves.
Olivia
From her very first sports day when she was five, Olivia Breen knew running was for her. Despite facing several setbacks in her career, she never gave up on her dream. We hear from Olivia on the highs and lows of becoming a multiple Paralympic and world champion.
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Saint-Pierre
After Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Donny "Fitz" Fitzpatrick digs too deeply into a local politician's nefarious activity, he is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (the French Territory nestled in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Newfoundland). Fitz's arrival disrupts the life of Deputy Chief Geneviève "Arch" Archambault, a Parisian transplant who is in Saint-Pierre for her own intriguing reasons. Saint-Pierre is a police procedural with French star Joséphine Jobert as Arch and Canadian star Allan Hawco as Fitz, and James Purefoy rounding out the stellar team. As if by fate, these two seasoned officers — with very different policing skills and approaches — are forced together to solve unique and exciting crimes. Although the islands seem like a quaint tourist destination, the idyllic façade conceals the worst kind of criminal activity which tend to wash up on its beautiful shores. At first at odds and suspicious of each other, Arch and Fitz soon discover that they are better together... a veritable crime-fighting force.
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Jimmy Carr hosts as Sean Lock and Jon Richardson play the words and numbers game.
Upload
Upload is a sci-fi sitcom that takes place in the near future, where people who are near death can be "uploaded" into a virtual afterlife of their choice. In 2033, secretly romantic Brooklyn-born Nora works customer service for a luxurious virtual reality environment. When handsome L.A. party boy Nathan's self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora's VR world. Nora starts as Nathan's customer service "angel", but becomes so much more as she helps him find friendship, love and purpose.
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches centers on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.
The Institute
When 12-year-old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won't last, as his story and Luke's are destined to collide.