Every month, Rob Crossan and Liz Carr present the programme you didn’t know you wanted to hear. It's disability from a fresh angle featuring interviews, discussion and the occasional quiz. The (disabled) presenters dissect and analyse with interest and a good dose of healthy humour. You could say “it's a disability thing”. Read the accompanying blog at www.bbc.co.uk/ouch.
Episodes available:
Indefinitely 
Thu, 2 May 13
Duration:
49 mins
This month: The online list of disabled people with influence, good and bad graduation ceremony memories, an interview with paralysed fundraiser Claire Lomas and, on Liz Carr's last show, we hear some of her best bits.
Thu, 4 Apr 13
Duration:
45 mins
We discuss how benefit cuts could affect the economy, how campaigning on social media can be unhealthy as well as positive and how to communicate by message cards if you fall over or don't want to talk. Also, what is Sledge Hockey? - our basic guide to the Winter Paralympics now one year away. Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.
Fri, 8 Mar 13
Duration:
47 mins
In this show the chat ranges from Nazi anti-disability propaganda to benefit reform and the recent "disabled children should be put down" comments from a councillor. Features The Comedians with Disabilities Act, artist Liz Crow and Glasgow mum Laura Miller. liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.
Thu, 7 Feb 13
Duration:
43 mins
Was it tough for DJ Scott Mills's sidekick, Beccy, to reveal to Radio One listeners that she has MS? Are Special Olympics and Deaflympics overshadowed by Paralympic sport? And with The Sessions film and "brothel" therapy in the news, is disability and sex no longer taboo? Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present another lively show.
Tue, 8 Jan 13
Duration:
53 mins
This month: Is it helpful when celebs reveal they have mental health difficulties? Do you find it humiliating to receive disability benefits? And the personal story of William who had a cochlear implant fitted before Christmas and is now hearing the world in a new way. Rob Crossan and Kate Monaghan present.
Thu, 13 Dec 12
Duration:
57 mins
See England through the eyes of American Muslim comedian with cerebral palsy, Maysoon Zayid. Plus, an app created to help disabled people stay stylish, the blind man earning a living by whistling at London tube stations, and find out how much Paul Carter and Tony Garrett remember about 2012's disability news stories. Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.
Mon, 12 Nov 12
Duration:
53 mins
The blind man mistakenly tasered by police and superstorm Sandy are the stories under discussion. Plus, how computer tablets are making a difference and the wheelchair-using traveller Zach Anner tells us about his new YouTube show launched since leaving Oprah's network. Liz Carr and Rob Crossan present.
Fri, 5 Oct 12
Duration:
46 mins
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson reflects on the success of the Paralympics and explains how she stays fit and flexible, now that she is no longer an athlete. Jess Thom, who has Tourette's syndrome, encourages us to laugh at her more humorous vocal tics. Plus, anyone for some Finnish learning disabled punk? Rob Crossan and Liz Carr present.
Wed, 22 Aug 12
Duration:
44 mins
How did the Games originally start? What happens when you put 200 wheelchair athletes in a tower block with only two lifts? What does wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft have for breakfast on competition day? And how does the mum of two Paralympic swimmers feel on the eve of the big home event? Rob Crossan presents this 45 minute special.
Fri, 3 Aug 12
Duration:
57 mins
'Short' comedian Imaan Hadchiti doesn't suffer fools, the Paralympic cyclist Rachel Morris injured in a car crash while training plus the assistance animals that type PIN numbers ... and other stories. Rob Crossan and Julie Fernandez present.
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Sat, 8 Jun 13
27 minutes
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Sun, 16 Jun 13
58 minutes
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