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No Triumph, No Tragedy

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Factual: Disability

Peter White talks to disabled people who have achieved outstanding success in their field

Peter White talks to disabled people who have bucked the odds and achieved outstanding success in a variety of fields

No Triumph, No Tragedy: 29/08/2011

29/08/2011

BBC Radio 4 - No Triumph, No Tragedy, 29/08/2011

Peter White talks to Shannon Murray, a model who has used a wheelchair since her teens.

Peter White with the series which is not afraid to pose awkward questions about disability. He meets Shannon Murray, a model who has been a wheelchair user since her teens.

Peter White meets Shannon Murray, who first hit the headlines when she won a competition to find a disabled model and then went on to appear on the television programme 'How to Look Good Naked.'

Shannon was the first disabled model to be featured in an advertising campaign by a major department store. She has been a wheelchair user since a diving accident in her teens and is a vociferous champion for the rights of disabled people.

Shannon has appeared in several television dramas but says she tends only to be offered parts for women in wheelchairs and encourages casting directors to take more risks and cast disabled actors in mainstream roles...

Producer: Cheryl Gabriel.

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