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EastEnders clinched an award for Mainstreaming Disability at last night's Cultural Diversity Network Awards, hosted by Gok Wan.
Into its second year, the CDN Diversity Awards honoured the show for encouraging awareness of disability by featuring disabled contributors and characters. It also recognised that the ongoing drama does not feature storylines which exclusively focus on their disability.
The judges praised the positive portrayal of Jim Branning, played by real-life stroke victim John Bardon, and the bipolar disorder storylines, played by Stacey and her mum, Jean.
