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Lydia Bacon

BGT Jack Carroll says disability 'doesn't really get the coverage it should'

A Britain's Got Talent star is set to bring the issue of disability to the fore in a new series.

Former Britain's Got Talent star Jack Carroll has written and starred in new BBC comedy short Mobility, which focuses on three Huddersfield students who have nothing in common apart from taking the mobility bus to school together on the first day of sixth form.

Jack, who has cerebral palsy, plays the central character of Mike in the short film, with a potential for a series left open. In the teaser clip, it says: “It’s the first day of sixth form, and Mike is looking forward to a bit of social mobility. He’s way better than the group of loser friends he’s somehow accrued, and aspires to higher things.

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