24-07-2023, 01:33 PM
I was reading or watching something recently that suggested that a key reason for it being cancelled was that the disabled community wasn't particularly happy with it. There was a feeling that the appeal films were portraying disabled people in quite a patronising way, and some campaign groups even picketed ITV studios and called for people not to donate.
That contributed to the last Telethon being a damp squib, and with the change of franchises there was little appetite to continue.
That contributed to the last Telethon being a damp squib, and with the change of franchises there was little appetite to continue.