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Life & Deaf on BBC this week

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Following a well-received premiere screening of our recent short, Life & Deaf at The South Bank Centre last month the film will be featured on this week’s episode of See Hear on BBC2 & BBC1. The 8 minute film is based on poetry written by deaf young people from around UK and was adapted for screen and directed by Eelyn Lee.

Broadcast Dates are as follows:
Wednesday 25th April 2012 on BBC2 at 1pm
Repeated on Thursday 26th April 2012 on BBC1 at 12.50am
Available on iPlayer after the broadcast - series 32 episode 4 

Don’t forget to Tweet your views #lifeanddeaf

 

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