BORN DEAF, RAISED HEARING – OUR LIVES

BBC1, 7.30PM/BBC1 Wales 8pm

Actor Jonny Cotsen, right, created the one-man show Louder Is Not Always Clearer, which explored his experiences as a deaf man.

He’s returning to the subject in this documentary which kicks off a new series of the Our Lives strand, as he tries to find out why he was brought up as if he could hear, and whether it is too late for him to embrace his deaf identity.

As well as using reconstructions to explore Jonny’s history, the episode also uses sound design to help hearing audiences understand how he perceives the world around him.