The Specials
- Genre
- reality television
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 2 seasons, 13 episodes
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Five young adults with intellectual disabilities live together in a house in Brighton. The series follows their daily lives, friendships, and romances as they navigate independent living.
heartfeltintimatewarmobservationalupbeatgenuinemellowsupportive
What happens
The Specials is a reality television series that follows the lives of five friends with intellectual disabilities living together in the same house in Brighton. The five young-adult housemates, Sam, Hilly, Lewis, Megan, and Lucy, aged between 19 and 23, include individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome. The series premiered on its website on 2 September 2009 and ran until mid-November 2009, featuring weekly 10-minute episodes The series was originally made as a web-series, the show has since made the transition to television. The series received critical attention for its depiction of independent living for adults with intellectual disabilities. It was used in a Disability Studies course that focuses on media and disability at City University of New York in summer 2011. Michael Shaw of Tubefilter compared the series to The Real World, writing that "inner-house romance and friendship rule, minus the evil." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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No Going Back- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.