Cast Offs
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Cast Offs is a BAFTA nominated dramedy mockumentary
that follows a group of six disabled people sent to a remote British Island for a fictional reality show
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The series is made up of six episodes, with each episode concentrating on one of the six characters. It follows each character for the year leading up to them being dropped off on the island (other than Carrie's episode, which followed her time after she left the island) and also the happenings on the island when they are left to fend for themselves.
Mockumentary
A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...
that follows a group of six disabled people sent to a remote British Island for a fictional reality show
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
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The series is made up of six episodes, with each episode concentrating on one of the six characters. It follows each character for the year leading up to them being dropped off on the island (other than Carrie's episode, which followed her time after she left the island) and also the happenings on the island when they are left to fend for themselves.
Characters
- Dan (Peter Mitchell), sportsman, 26 years old, paraplegic
- Tom (Tim Gebbels), actor, 39 years old, blindBlindnessBlindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
- Will (Mat FraserMat FraserMat Fraser is an English rock musician, actor and performance artist. Between 1980 and 1995 he was a drummer with several rock bands including Fear of Sex, The Reasonable Strollers, Joyride, The Grateful Dub, and Living in Texas, the latter of which had a number one single in Italy.- Life :Fraser...
), political activist, 46 years old, thalidomideThalidomideThalidomide was introduced as a sedative drug in the late 1950s that was typically used to cure morning sickness. In 1961, it was withdrawn due to teratogenicity and neuropathy. There is now a growing clinical interest in thalidomide, and it is introduced as an immunomodulatory agent used...
affected - Gabriella (Sophie Woolley), mother-to-be, 32 years old, deaf
- April (Victoria Wright), research scientist, 34 years old, cherubismCherubismCherubism is a rare genetic disorder that causes prominence in the lower portion in the face. The name is derived from the temporary chubby-cheeked resemblance to putti, often confused with cherubs, in Renaissance paintings.-Presentation:...
- Carrie (Kiruna StamellKiruna StamellKiruna Stamell is an Australian actress. She was born in Sydney, Australia at the Royal Woman's Hospital and diagnosed with restricted growth .-Life and career:...
), unemployed, 29 years old, dwarfismDwarfismDwarfism is short stature resulting from a medical condition. It is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than 4 feet 10 inches , although this definition is problematic because short stature in itself is not a disorder....