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Top Ten disability reality shows that should have been made
17th July 2008
Not content with the recent spate of reality shows featuring disabled folk? Over on the Ouch Messageboard they've come up with a list of possible new programmes which no doubt will have channel commissioners scrambling for their cheque books.
- You aren't what you eat: Gillian McFreak gives 6 disabled people a weird diet of Aduki beans to see which one of them gets their sight/hearing/amputated limbs back first.
- Top Gear. Acute psychiatric inpatients race around the ward in souped up pyjamas.
- Who's Leg is it Anyway? Contestants try and guess the famous amputees from their prosthetic legs.
- What's The Worst That Could Happen? A team of terminally-ill contestants compete in anescalating series of dangerous extreme sports.
- Universally Challenged. The Ultimate Disability quiz!
- Gym'll Fix It. Physios try to convince disabled that exercise will cure them.
- Cash In The Attic (But I Can't Get Up There)
- How To Look Good Knackered
- Can't Cook? Won't Cook? A panel decides if disabled applicants pass the "Main Meal" test for DLA.
- Irregular Heartbeat - a story of everyday folk in rural North Yorkshire with Arrhythmia.
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Universally Challenged. Like that one. Shall I be the host of the show?
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