Series 44 (2025)
Magazine for the deaf community highlighting the latest issues.
Episodes: 16
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 Episode 1
Air Date: 2025-04-07
Celebrating the achievements of the deaf community in mainstream media with Charlie Swinbourne, and a behind-the-scenes look at Waterloo Road's first deaf BSL character.
Ep.2 Episode 2
Air Date: 2025-04-08
Memnos Costi is joined by campaigner Craig Butcher to discuss what neurodiversity is, and how it can affect people's daily lives.
Ep.3 Episode 3
Air Date: 2025-04-09
We examine the various ways in which families work, with stories of adoption and how siblings found growing up with each other in a mixed deaf/hearing family.
Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 2025-04-10
Ahmed Mudawi is joined by Vilma Jackson to explore her multicultural upbringing and celebrate the achievements of the international deaf community.
Ep.5 Episode 5
Air Date: 2025-04-11
We take a look at today’s deaf LGBTQ+ society, exploring how things have changed. We take a peak at deaf drag and look at bisexuality and asexuality.
Ep.6 Episode 6
Air Date: 2025-10-13
A look at the cost of living, with practical advice, a discussion about money and a discussion with RAD’s Mark Wheatley. Presented by Ahmed Mudawi.
Ep.7 Episode 7
Air Date: 2025-10-14
Reality TV star Ross McCarthy joins Rolf Choutan to chat all things sport. Featuring a would-be Deaflympian swimmer as well as the first deaf woman to swim the English Channel.
Ep.8 Episode 8
Air Date: 2025-10-15
Marios Costi is joined by deaf audiologist Sarah Adedeji. They highlight personal stories and creative approaches to support and healing.
Ep.9 Episode 9
Air Date: 2025-10-16
Amy Murray is joined by Punk Chef, aka Scott Garthwaite to discuss food and people's relationship with it.
Ep.10 Episode 10
Air Date: 2025-10-17
Marios Costi is joined by pioneering actor and director Charlotte Arrowsmith for an exploration of the world of work within the deaf community.
Ep.11 Children in Need Special
Air Date: 2025-11-27
Jazzy Whipps and Danny Murphy celebrate BBC Children in Need with a fun BSL bingo challenge and inspiring stories from deaf children supported by the charity.
Ep.12 Question Time Special
Air Date: 2025-12-16
In this Question Time special, Rolf Choutan hosts a debate from MediaCityUK in Salford, bringing together leading voices from across the deaf community to explore the key issues shaping its future.
Ep.13 Cafe Conversations (1)
Air Date: 2026-01-13
TV chef Scott Garthwaite, better known as Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: footballer Jamie Clarke and YouTuber Jazzy Whipps.
Ep.14 Cafe Conversations (2)
Air Date: 2026-01-14
Scott Garthwaite, aka Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: baker Tasha Stones and Jeff McWhinney, the former CEO of the British Deaf Association.
Ep.15 Cafe Conversations (3)
Air Date: 2026-01-15
Scott Garthwaite, better known as Punk Chef, opens the doors of the cafe to two remarkable guests from the deaf community: Being Her founders Heroda and Hermon Berhane, and DJ and rapper MC Geezer.
Ep.16 Michael Woods: Journey to the Seven Summits
Air Date: 2026-02-05
Michael Woods is a British mountaineer with an extraordinary goal: to become the first deaf climber ever to conquer the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest.