A brilliant new BBC drama about disability activism in the 90s is a game-changer but, as its star Ruth Madeley reveals, the fight is far from over
Ruth Madeley hadn’t intended to cause a commotion in the quiet carriage. She was taking the train to a script read-through on an entirely unremarkable March 2016 morning when, out of the blue, her phone started to ping at an unusual pace. She gave apologetic looks to the commuters tutting at the incessant buzzing. But once she’d looked down at the screen, she stopped caring what other people thought.
“I picked up my phone and read the first Twitter post,” Madeley says. “Bafta nominations for Best Actress: Suranne Jones, Claire Foy, Sheridan Smith… and me. I couldn’t shitting believe it.”
