DEEP DRAMA A

The Silent Child, 7.40pm, BBC1

FRESH from winning the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film, this moving drama tells the story of Libby (Maisie Sly, pictured). A profoundly deaf four-year-old girl, Libby is isolated by silence until a social worker (played by Rachel Shenton, who also wrote the script) teaches her how to use sign language to communicate.