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Series 4: 6. Millie and Karen

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches 20-year-old Millie, a campaigner challenging the stereotypes around Down’s syndrome, with Karen Turner, an award-winning, self-taught painter.\n \nMillie is a drama student and social media influencer who is campaigning for equality around pregnancies involving foetuses with Down’s syndrome.\n \nWhen Millie discovered that a healthy foetus with Down’s syndrome could be terminated right up until birth, she took the issue to government, demanding a change in the law.\n \nTo capture Millie, Bill has chosen Karen Turner, an award-winning, self-taught painter who celebrates people in society who aren’t always represented on canvas.\n\nHow will she portray this charismatic young campaigner?

Source: BBC 1