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In Touch: The man who helps actors 'blind up'

The man who helps actors 'blind up'

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, The man who helps actors 'blind up'

Consultant on a new series helps actors look blind

Consultant Joe Strechay on how he helps sighted actors portray blind characters. Would you buy a braille advent calendar as a Christmas present?

The new Apple Plus SciFi series See is about a world in which everyone is blind. Until twins are born sighted and become a reason for tribes to go in to battle. 

Blindness consultant Joe Strechay tells Peter White how you teach sighted actors to portray blindness. 

Advent For Change, a not-for-profit enterprise, has developed a braille advent calendar. She explains why it doesn’t contain chocolate. 

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Lee Kumutat

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