I spoke to my parents earlier, who recommended I watch Marvellous. Over Facebook, Esther had suggested that I watch it too, noting that they used the outside of Crewe Alex as the old Stoke football stadium, so I thought I would give it a whirl. However, now that I have, I must say it is as problematic as I suspected it would be. It caused a few rumbles in the disability community, and I can now see why. It’s portrayal of a man with learning difficulties as a bungling yet lucky idiot – the Potteries’ answer to Forrest Gump, as it were – left a nasty taste in my mouth. Yes we need greater representation of people with disabilities on tv, but not in this cliche, patronising, laugh-at-the-lucky-fool way. I’ll probably rewatch it and read about it, in case I missed something, but for now I must say I found it very problematic indeed.