Simon Minty's recent thoughts and more

We recently celebrated the tenth birthday of BBC Ouch's podcast!  The original King and Queen of the show, Liz Carr and Mat Fraser , were reunited to reminisce about the early days and then update us on what they've been up to since leaving - BBC1 Silent Witness and US American Horror Story anyone?  We pose the question, 'Who is the best disabled character on TV?' to former BBC Exec  Tanya Motie  media professional David Hevey and US commentator Lawrence Carter-Long   There's an inappropriate guessing game and we discuss why podcasts are often the authentic voice with podmesiter  Helen Zalzman  Two pics below, one of us in the studio and one of me in #doubledenim which my co-host Kate Monaghan-Cocker took just because I was in denim. I hope to follow Liz's career path and bag myself a detective role on Death in Paradise.  Stream or download http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03pqcjf  Subscribe via iTunes https://itunes.apple....

Not entirely sure how this is happening but I find myself acting as a conduit a lot these days. It might be arranging the line up for comedians with Abnormally Funny People, or getting actors who have disabilities to help make a training video and now, it seems I'm becoming a recruitment agency. Below are some cracking jobs with the BBC, all in the comedy department. At the time of writing the deadlines for two are tight, today and tomorrow. Or you could apply for the bigger role of commissioning editor of comedy and have a little more time and hopefully become a big cheese in the funny world. Good luck if you go for any of them. P.S. I've also added a request from Channel 4, via Disability Rights UK who are looking for people to help promote their Paralympics coverage. Info at the bottom of this and deadline is midnight on 7th April. Rehearsals for Abnormally Funny People Edinburgh show with Laurence Clark, Gareth Berliner and Don Biswas Commissioning Editor, ...