Disowned and Disabled

Episode 2: Breaking Free

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Wed 30^th Oct 2013, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Wed 6^th Nov 2013, 00:55 on BBC Four

Film about disabled people's battle for equality in the second half of the 20th century - a story of how one of society's most vulnerable groups fought to be accepted. Show more

Disowned and Disabled

Episode 1: Nowhere Else to Go

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Tue 29^th Oct 2013, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Mon 4^th Nov 2013, 23:50 on BBC Four

The first of two films traces the way care of disowned and disabled children changed in the decades after the Second World War, using interviews and case studies. Show more