Disability TV Drama: Then Barbara Met Alan

Then Barbara Met Alan is a factual drama that tells the true story of two disability activists – Barbara Lisicki and Alan Holdsworth – who became the trailblazers for disability rights in Britain and helped make the Government create the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA).

Find out more about the TV show, which aired this Monday on the BBC and is available on iPlayer, and read an interview with disabled actor Arthur Hughes who plays Alan on the Disability Horizons’ website.

Then Barbara Met Alan was aired on Monday 21st March 2022 at 9pm on BBC Two and you can catch up on BBC iPlayer