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  What The Larkins could learn about nostalgia from All Creatures Great and Small

  That’s the way to do it, Pop Larkin. All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5) put ITV rival The Larkins firmly in the shade with a finale which was damn near “perfick”. So how come the revival of James Herriot’s beloved veterinary stories have proved such a success, whereas the current adaptation of HE Bates’s Darling Buds of May has misfired so badly?

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  Everything's grand as All Creatures Great and Small continues to triumph

  Dramas frequently boast in their publicity blurb of an “explosive finale”, which is usually shorthand for a blazing row, a blurted secret, or sometimes a gunshot. All Creatures Great and Small (Channel 5) meant it more literally, not to mention fragrantly. A cow’s blocked stomach burst spectacularly, spattering bystanders with a substance that doesn’t bear thinking about too much.

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  The man who made All Creatures Great and Small a huge hit: ‘We should have confidence in British TV’

  When you remake a show like All Creatures Great and Small, you have to get the casting completely right. No one knows this better than Nicholas Ralph, the newly graduated young actor who plays Jim in the Channel 5 remake of the series - a part played famously by Christopher Timothy in the much-loved BBC version of James Herriot’s books. Yet never mind that – Ralph points to even more important co-stars. Derek, for instance, who plays Tricki Woo, Mrs Pumphrey’s Pekingese.

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  John Bishop: New podcast is a positive thing to come out of this craziness

  The comedian has recorded a new series with the actor and writer Tony Pitts.

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  The Independent

  Sainsbury’s runs first sign-language supermarket in the UK

  Sainsbury’s turned one of its stores into the UK’s first signing supermarket in an effort to support the hard-of-hearing community.The Bath branch – which was renamed “Signsbury’s” for the three-day project – took the step as part of the supermarket’s 150 Days of Community scheme to mark the company’s 150th anniversary.Staff communicated with customers both verbally and with sign language, signing common words and phrases such as the locations of food items.Children took part in a challenge that

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  Rachel Shenton: The conversation around deafness needs to be louder

  The actress, who won an Oscar for her short film about a deaf child, says progress has been slow.

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  Sainsbury’s unveils ‘deaf friendly’ store initiative

  The branch in Bath will be renamed Signsbury's this weekend and will be kitted out with visual guides and screens.

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  Former Hollyoaks star Rachel Shenton went onto win an Oscar: this is what she did next

  You're going to want to watch her new BBC series

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  The Guardian

  Books with disabled characters help us all

  ‘Non-disabled children can benefit from encountering disabled characters,’ says Dr Rebecca Butler. Photograph: GettyI wholeheartedly agree with Rachel Shenton and Julia Donaldson that young disabled readers benefit from encountering disabled characters in the stories they read (Show disabled people in stories, authors urge on World Book Day, 7 March).I would also add that non-disabled children can benefit from encountering disabled characters, leading them to take a more informed and positive vi

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  World Book Day: Authors urged to include more disabled characters in children's books

  Oscar-winner Rachel Shenton and Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo, have called for more diversity in children’s books as they mark World Book Day on 7 March. Shenton, who won an Oscar in 2018 for her film about the experiences of a deaf child, said: “When I wrote The Silent Child, I created a film about an issue I’m incredibly passionate about, and have experience of in my own life. “I’ve learnt just how important it is for … children to see themselves in the programmes and movies they w

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