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Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story
Then Barbara met Alan
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Then Barbara Met Alan – a revolutionary love story

As BBC Two drama Then Barbara Met Alan reveals the direct action that led to the Disability Discrimination Act, stars Ruth Madeley and Arthur Hughes, and writers Jack Thorne and Genevieve Barr, take us inside the story of an unsung British civil rights struggle.
This week's Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy
Big TV Picks

This week's Big TV Picks: Skint, Then Barbara Met Alan and Top Boy

Covid drama Help is the 'distinctively British' TV the government wants
Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham. Image: Pal Hansen/Guardian/eyevine
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Covid drama Help is the 'distinctively British' TV the government wants

'We had to get it right': Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help
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'We had to get it right': Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham on Covid drama Help

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