Friday, January 8, 2010

BBC3's "Dancing on Wheels" leads new TV season

From The Telegraph in the UK. In the picture, rail travellers at Marylebone station witnessed a Tango with a difference when M-People singer Heather Small and her wheelchair-using partner performed a dance routine as part of their preparation for the BBC Three’s new series Dancing on Wheels.


All feature in the new season line-up for BBC Three, the Corporation's oft-criticised digital 'youth channel'.

Dancing On Wheels will team celebrity dancers with wheelchair users in a "pioneering" format. Lip Service promises "a modern relationship drama following the lives of a group of 20-something lesbians living in Glasgow".

Wags In South Africa will take five past and present girlfriends of Premiership footballers, including Frank Lampard's ex, Elen Rives, to investigate the harsh side of life in South Africa ahead of the World Cup.

Other shows scheduled for the coming season include Lindsay Lohan in India, in which the US actress seeks a solution to child trafficking.