The BBC continues to demonstrate that it’s way ahead of the States when it comes to including people with disabilities in mainstream programming. It’s latest effort is Dancing on Wheels, a dance competition modeled after other reality shows like So You Think You Can Dance except that the pairings include one partner in a wheelchair and one partner who is able-bodied. The winners will represent the U.K. at the wheelchair Dance Sport European Championship competition.
The BBC website won’t let me play the trailer because it considers me a dirty foreigner, but the photo of the contestants is tastefully glitzy. And check out the biceps on the woman sitting in the dude’s lap. Yikes. Let’s hope her partner doesn’t break easily.
I’m not a big fan of dance shows, but I might check this out once it makes its way to BBC America or, ahem, other distribution channels.
