Then Barbara Met Alan

Society may be far from perfect when it comes to rights for the disabled, but 30 years ago the situation was far worse. The story of the campaign for reform is told in this fact-based drama by Bafta-winner Jack Thorne and actress Genevieve Barr.

It's about two cabaret performers who joined forces in civil disobedience protests that led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act and changes to the law. Ruth Madelely (Years And Years) plays comedian Barbara Lisicki who, as we meet her, quips to an audience: ‘Question: how many mutes have we got in here tonight?'

Soon she and singer Alan Holdsworth (Arthur Hughes, right with Madeley) are fighting together for what one protest banner proclaims as ‘the final frontier – to boldly go where all others have gone before'. Far from worthy, this is absorbing and often very funny.