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Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)

Then Barbara Met Alan poster
Directed by
Bruce Goodison, Amit Sharma
Genre
drama
Country
United Kingdom
Rated
12
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This TV drama tells the true story of two disabled activists who meet and form a protest group. They use direct action to fight for disability rights in the United Kingdom.

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What happens

Then Barbara Met Alan is a 2022 British television drama film about Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth, the founders of DAN (Disabled People's Direct Action Network), a disability activism group. It is written by Jack Thorne and Genevieve Barr and stars Ruth Madeley and Arthur Hughes. It broadcast on BBC Two on 21 March 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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