Jackie is in a hospital bed. She is facing a decision about whether to have her leg amputated. As she thinks through her options, she explores her feelings for someone she has recently met, who seems interested in her. Will she have a chance of pursuing her romance with only one leg? A bold, witty exploration of what it is to be an amputee.\n\nCripTales is a six-part series of fictional monologues, based on factual research and the lived experience of disabled people spanning British history since 1970. Funny, inventive, dramatic and sexy, each monologue places disabled voices, absent from TV drama for so long, at the centre of the stage.
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Series 1: 6. The Shed
A children’s writer finds herself falling in love with Keira, her next-door neighbour. But Ellie, her carer, does not approve of the relationship. She starts to subtly blo ...
05-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Paper Knickers
Jackie is in a hospital bed. She is facing a decision about whether to have her leg amputated. As she thinks through her options, she explores her feelings for someone she has r ...
05-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Hamish
It’s 1981. Hamish’s parents have been fundraising to buy him a new wheelchair. Crucially, it is a self-operated vehicle and a chance for independence. Pushed everywh ...
04-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Thunderbox
It's 1968 and Sue is in the toilet at a pop festival. Abortion, which has just been legalised, provides a moment of liberation. But for wheelchair user Sue, it also throws up di ...
04-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. The Real Deal
Looking out of her window, Meg tries to catch sight of a man she thinks is a benefits cheat. She is compiling details about him in order to shop him for fraud. But, unexpectedly ...
02-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Audition
Mat sits in the waiting room before an audition, dreading how it will turn out. He relives some of his best and worst moments in auditions in the past, taking us back to his chi ...
02-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 2. The Real Deal
Looking out of her window, Meg tries to catch sight of a man she thinks is a benefits cheat. She is compiling details about him in order to shop him for fraud. But, unexpectedly ...
02-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 3. Thunderbox
It's 1968 and Sue is in the toilet at a pop festival. Abortion, which has just been legalised, provides a moment of liberation. But for wheelchair user Sue, it also throws up di ...
04-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 4. Hamish
It’s 1981. Hamish’s parents have been fundraising to buy him a new wheelchair. Crucially, it is a self-operated vehicle and a chance for independence. Pushed everywh ...
04-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 1. Audition
Mat sits in the waiting room before an audition, dreading how it will turn out. He relives some of his best and worst moments in auditions in the past, taking us back to his chi ...
02-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 5. Paper Knickers
Jackie is in a hospital bed. She is facing a decision about whether to have her leg amputated. As she thinks through her options, she explores her feelings for someone she has r ...
05-11-2020
BBC 4
Series 1: 6. The Shed
A children’s writer finds herself falling in love with Keira, her next-door neighbour. But Ellie, her carer, does not approve of the relationship. She starts to subtly blo ...
05-11-2020
BBC 4