# What does a broadcaster's published disability portrayal code require on characters, casting and consultation?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T16:17:24.107Z
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Channel 4's 2022 Disability Code of Portrayal sets programme-level commitments (disabled people's own voice, rounded characters, social-model thinking, removing the 'able gaze', casting people with similar conditions in disabled roles) and portfolio-level ones (senior editorial disabled input in core disability stories); its 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines say disabled performers will be sought for every disabled role and every series will have at least one disabled actor or character, with a caveat for editorial limits on single commissions. These are one commissioner's commitments.

Channel 4's 2022 Disability Code of Portrayal sets programme-level commitments (disabled people's own voice, rounded characters, social-model thinking, removing the 'able gaze', casting people with similar conditions in disabled roles) and portfolio-level ones (senior editorial disabled input in core disability stories); its 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines say disabled performers will be sought for every disabled role and every series will have at least one disabled actor or character, with a caveat for editorial limits on single commissions. These are one commissioner's commitments.

Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; commissioner commitments, not law or industry standard. Dated 2022; current versions not checked.

Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; commissioner commitments, not law or industry standard.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://assets-corporate.channel4.com/_flysystem/s3/documents/2022-07/Channel4_Disability%20Code%20of%20Portrayal_July2022.pdf",
      "note": "Channel 4 Disability Code of Portrayal (July 2022); Channel 4 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines (columns interleaved in text extraction)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://assets-corporate.channel4.com/_flysystem/s3/2022-06/Channel%204%20-%202022%20Commissioning%20Diversity%20Guidelines%20-%20FINAL%20%28Accessible%29.pdf",
      "note": "Channel 4 Disability Code of Portrayal (July 2022); Channel 4 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines (columns interleaved in text extraction)"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Channel 4's 2022 Disability Code of Portrayal sets programme-level commitments (disabled people's own voice, rounded characters, social-model thinking, removing the 'able gaze', casting people with similar conditions in disabled roles) and portfolio-level ones (senior editorial disabled input in core disability stories); its 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines say disabled performers will be sought for every disabled role and every series will have at least one disabled actor or character, with a caveat for editorial limits on single commissions. These are one commissioner's commitments. · locator: Channel 4 Disability Code of Portrayal (July 2022); Channel 4 2022 Commissioning Diversity Guidelines (columns interleaved in text extraction) · source: https://assets-corporate.channel4.com/_flysystem/s3/documents/2022-07/Channel4_Disability%20Code%20of%20Portrayal_July2022.pdf

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