Although for some reason episode one sees to be episode two, I just watched the new bbc3 comedy ‘I’m with stupid.’ Not sure what to make of it, to be honest. Of course, any representation of disabled people in any media is to be welcomed, and on one level at least I’m With Stupid seems to represent them quite accurately. The programme seems to be about disabled residents in a carehome, all as capable of stabbing eachother in the back as everyone else. They gamble, and cheat, and lie. Indeed, the main crip, Paul, seems to be a sneaky little worm; some call him charming, but I can’t stand him.

However, the major problem I have with this problem is that it conforms to the stereotype of us crips belonging in care homes. In the real world, there’s no way folk like those would be in any such place. I have had the good fortune to have met the guy who plays graham, Alan Martin: he’s a successful businessman with his own dance company. I really do not like the idea that we crips are all in homes.

Be that as it may, I like this show, and am keen to see how it evolves. Who knows, it could be the next ‘Extras’. It can be viewed online here. More writing on this programme will no doubt follow on my site