Series 44

Season 44 · 2025 · 16 episodes

Magazine for the deaf community highlighting the latest issues.

1Episode 1Celebrating the achievements of the deaf community in mainstream media with Charlie Swinbourne, and a behind-the-scenes look at Waterloo Road's first deaf BSL character.
2Episode 2Memnos Costi is joined by campaigner Craig Butcher to discuss what neurodiversity is, and how it can affect people's daily lives.
3Episode 3We examine the various ways in which families work, with stories of adoption and how siblings found growing up with each other in a mixed deaf/hearing family.
4Episode 4Ahmed Mudawi is joined by Vilma Jackson to explore her multicultural upbringing and celebrate the achievements of the international deaf community.
5Episode 5We take a look at today’s deaf LGBTQ+ society, exploring how things have changed. We take a peak at deaf drag and look at bisexuality and asexuality.
6Episode 6A look at the cost of living, with practical advice, a discussion about money and a discussion with RAD’s Mark Wheatley. Presented by Ahmed Mudawi.
7Episode 7Reality TV star Ross McCarthy joins Rolf Choutan to chat all things sport. Featuring a would-be Deaflympian swimmer as well as the first deaf woman to swim the English Channel.
8Episode 8Marios Costi is joined by deaf audiologist Sarah Adedeji. They highlight personal stories and creative approaches to support and healing.
9Episode 9Amy Murray is joined by Punk Chef, aka Scott Garthwaite to discuss food and people's relationship with it.
10Episode 10Marios Costi is joined by pioneering actor and director Charlotte Arrowsmith for an exploration of the world of work within the deaf community.
11Children in Need SpecialJazzy Whipps and Danny Murphy celebrate BBC Children in Need with a fun BSL bingo challenge and inspiring stories from deaf children supported by the charity.
12Question Time SpecialIn this Question Time special, Rolf Choutan hosts a debate from MediaCityUK in Salford, bringing together leading voices from across the deaf community to explore the key issues shaping its future.
13Cafe Conversations (1)TV chef Scott Garthwaite, better known as Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: footballer Jamie Clarke and YouTuber Jazzy Whipps.
14Cafe Conversations (2)Scott Garthwaite, aka Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: baker Tasha Stones and Jeff McWhinney, the former CEO of the British Deaf Association.
15Cafe Conversations (3)Scott Garthwaite, better known as Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: Being Her founders Heroda and Hermon Berhane, and DJ and rapper MC Geezer.
16Michael Woods: Journey to the Seven SummitsMichael Woods is a British mountaineer with an extraordinary goal: to become the first deaf climber ever to conquer the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest.

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