Ouch: Disability Talk

Rudeness, the bright side of disability and learnie band The Fish Police.

Garry Robson previews DadaFest, the world's biggest disability arts festival, Emma joins the presenters for the accessible and inaccessible food debate and chopsticks at the ready for a Japanese themed Veg, Veg or Veg. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.

Has anyone on the team ever doubted a friend's level of disability? How can you, the listener, help the show into the iTunes comedy chart? These and more burning questions answered in this, the second show for October 2010. Plus a Veg contestant from Finland and a musician with Crohns disease join Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

Is it easier to be a disabled man or a disabled woman? Debenham's wheelchair usin' model Shannon Murray joins us and Rob Crossan is annoyed with Stevie Wonder - huh? Mat Fraser and Liz carr present the first of two shows this month.

What dodgy photo of Liz appeared on the internet? Why did Simon only get charged half price for his spray tan? An Ian Dury musical, Orpheus project music and more. Liz Carr and Simon Minty present.

The Blind Football World Cup is held in Hereford this month, ahhh bet you didn't know that? Two England players join us. Plus great music from The Marianna Hollow, news man Rob's recent diagnosis and why not to get cured. Liz Carr and Gary O'Donoghue present.

We talk to Frank Gardner, the BBC correspondent who became disabled after being shot by Al-Qaeda gunmen. And what's it like at the Little People of America annual get-together? Liz Carr and Simon Minty present.

From laser surgery for access reasons to laughs at the expense of Paralympic mascot Mandeville, Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present a show bursting at the seams with disability splendour. Big Brother's Nikki Grahame joins them instudio for an incredibly candid conversation about living with anorexia. Hear Mat and Liz stunned into silence for once as Nikki talks openly about her years in and out of hospitals and institutions and how she managed to turn her life around before entering the Big Brother house. As if that wasn't enough, there's Veg, Veg or Veg and we play out with music by ska punk band La Rebla Fam before their appearance at Glastonbury later in the month.

Accessible kitchens gone bad, disabled Come Dine with Me, music and our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable parlour game. Warning: Not exactly traditional disability fare. Razor sharp chat with Liz Carr and Mat Fraser.

It's our 50th show! WE take a trip down memory lane to see what we've been doing these past four years. YouTube star The Fully Sick Rapper is on the phone from a quarantine room in a Sydney hospital and we hear the track 'Germaphobe' from his growing collection. Rob Crossan gives his quirky take on disability news, chat and our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game has a very talkative contestant. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present. (email us: ouch@bbc.co.uk)

Razor sharp chat which goes beyond disability and into: disabled foster parents, fat people too unfit to work (!) and knitted disabled chickens. Guests include the stars of Oscar nominated 'Music by Prudence' and the singers behind a new autoimmunity rock song 'What is going on'. As always, our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game rears its ugly head. Email us: ouch@bbc.co.uk ... Mat Fraser and Julie Fernandez present.

Simone Milani and Paul Jacobs, two of the contestants from BBC3's brand new disability reality show, Dancing On Wheels, join Mat and Liz with lots of backstage gossip from the programme. Simon Minty takes us through the news. Music is by blind teenaged jazz singer Rocco Fiorentino, who joins by phone from the US for a quick chat, fresh from his cameo appearance on legendary educational kids TV show Sesame Street.

Guest interview with Adrian Mole author Sue Townsend who has an impressive list of disabilities and ailments to her name. News, chat, music and lots of razor sharp raspberry ripple sauce. With Liz Carr and Rob Crossan.

Join the usual Ouch taem and friends for disability childhood memories of Christmases past. Add in some freaky news, a badly sung carol and a ridiculous quiz and that's apparently how we are gonna mark the end of the decade. Featuring: Mat Fraser, Liz carr, Rob Crossan, Julie Fernandez and Kiruna Stamell.

Periodically shaky comedian, Paul Betney and disabled German rapper with a conscience, Binki, join us for a chat. Service monkeys, show-jumping dogs, socialising and sick bags dominate the discussions and there's an extra-large portion of the quiz Veg, Veg or Veg. Mat Fraser and Liz Carr present.

Stereotypes and hermaphrodites dominate the conversation this month plus an interview with mental health stand up comedy mentor David Granirer and disability denier Rob Crossan. It's the usual mix of chat, news, questionable quiz games and an unsigned disabled artist. Presented by Liz Carr and token American guest Lawrence Carter-Long.

New wheelchair usin' EastEnder David Proud, touretting rapper Zillwood and how to assert your bad disabled self if a drunk approaches you in the pub. Razor sharp humour and comment from Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

Great discussions this month. The link you never knew was there between being disabled and being a mermaid, adjusting to the needs of a new disabled partner, and blind women trained to find breast cancer lumps. All the latest features, plus unsigned artist Lady MJ Warrior and a deaf, blind and aspie panel discuss the enabling technology they drool over. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

This month it's all about summer fun. Listen to our Clothes Clinic phone-in; your questions answered by blind fashion columnist Claire Jennings and WheelieChix-Chic fashion house founder Louisa Summerfield. Rob Crossan attempts to thrash our presenters at a disability quiz, our Vegetable Vegetable or Vegetable game returns plus music from unsigned band Bete Noire and oodles of chat. With Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.

How accessible is Japan? What are wristbows and snapbacks? Meet Scott Watkin, the new Learning Disability Tsar, and we've got Simon Minty with the funny peculiar side of disability news. There's also our quiz Vegetable, Vegetable or Vegetable, music from an unsigned disabled band and more chat, this month on the darker side of crippledom. Presented by Mat Fraser and Liz Carr.