7 h. ago Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future – an astonishing look at how tech is changing disabled people’s lives

Prepare to have your perspective shattered by the comedian’s visits to our US tech overlords. The upcoming advancements for those with disabilities are life-changingWashing machines liberated women to get soul-crushing jobs that ate up their free time. Social media gave the world one revolution – before it destabilised democracies everywhere else. Now AI is here, and its main job seems to be replacing screenwriters. It’s easy to fall into techno-pessimism, but new documentary Seeing into the Future (Sunday 23 November, 8pm, BBC Two) has a different angle. For disabled people, tech has already brought about life-changing advancements. And we haven’t seen anything yet.It is presented by comedian and Strictly winner Chris McCausland, who is blind. Some of the most casually astonishing scenes occur early on, showing how he uses his phone – essentially, an eye with a mouth. “What T-shirt is this?” he asks, holding up a garment. “A grey T-shirt with a graphic logo of Deftones,” his p...

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18 h. ago I’m A Celeb winner stops live interview to reveal she will take part in Strictly Christmas Special

I’m A Celebrity winner Scarlett Moffatt stopped her live TV interview to announce she will be the first celebrity to take part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.

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48 h. ago Chris McCausland’s fascinating blindness documentary challenges even the most ardent AI sceptics

Comedian and ‘Strictly’ star’s new one-off show, ‘Seeing into the Future’, sees him explore mindblowing new technologies that could change his life, writes Rachel McGrath

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53 h. ago Chris McCausland’s fascinating blindness documentary challenges even the most ardent AI skeptics

Comedian and ‘Strictly’ star’s new one-off show, ‘Seeing into the Future’, sees him explore mind-blowing new technologies that could change his life, writes Rachel McGrath

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3 d. ago Wynne Evans issues announcement on future as he says 'I can’t hide away'

The Celebrity MasterChef winner and Strictly Come Dancing contestant stayed out of the public eye after a number of controversies

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4 d. ago BBC Strictly star says 'can't walk' as they're flooded with support days before return

A Strictly Come Dancin winner has said he 'can't walk' as he prepares to make a return to the BBC show

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4 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star opens up on walking difficulties days before return

A Strictly Come Dancin winner has said he 'can't walk' as he prepares to make a return to the BBC show

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4 d. ago Strictly winner 'can't walk' as he makes 'should not' admission amid show return

He's preparing to make an epic return to the show alongside some other familiar faces from the BBC One dance show

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7 d. ago Chris McCausland: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Going into an undertaker’s thinking it was a barber’s’

The comedian on his geeky teenage years, cheating in an exam and why Strictly is his biggest achievementBorn in Liverpool, Chris McCausland, 48, became a software engineer before losing his sight in his 20s due to a genetic disorder. Forced to change careers, he worked in sales before turning to standup comedy in 2003. In 2024, he took part in Strictly Come Dancing and won. His waltz with professional Dianne Buswell was awarded the memorable moment Bafta in 2025. This year, he added more than 100 new dates to his theatre tour Yonks!, which runs until May 2026, and he has just published a memoir called Keep Laughing. He is married with one child and lives in London.When were you happiest? My college years when I was 17 to 19, before the responsibilities of adulthood, just doing the things that I was good at and liked – computers, maths, further maths (I was a geek). Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans 'increasingly confident' as 2025 winner 'decided'

The hit BBC dance show's 2025 series has already surpassed the halfway mark

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7 d. ago Strictly winner makes 'bricking it' admission as they respond to major return announcement

Four former show finalists are returning to the BBC One dance show

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1 week ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing's George Clarke predicts 2025 winner and it's not him

Social media star George Clarke has said that he thinks it's between two stars who could lift the Glitterball trophy - and it's not him

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1 week ago George Clarke reveals who he'd 'put his money on' for Strictly Come Dancing win

Strictly Come Dancing's George Clarke has predicted the winner of the current series of the BBC show

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1 week ago Pornography has become a 'public health crisis', Strictly winner Ore Oduba declares as he details addiction to explicit online content that brought him to the brink of suicide

Oduba described how the addiction gave him panic attacks, hurt his relationships and cost him 'thousands of pounds' on subscription sites.

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1 week ago Strictly's Nikita and Amber respond to 'Strictly curse' with new kissing snaps

Strictly Come Dancing stars Nikita Kuzmin and Love Island winner turned West End star Amber Davies both have partners away from the BBC show

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1 week ago Strictly star backs Celebrity Traitors' winner Alan Carr to take over from Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly as host after being hailed a 'national treasure'

Alan Carr is Strictly contestant Lewis Cope 's top pick to take over as host of the show.

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2 w. ago Mum issues warning after heartbreak as daughter, 34, is found dead in tent

Shawnell was once a bubbly California cheerleader was had been fighting a battle with addiction for nearly 20 years, and now her mum has opened up about what happened

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2 w. ago Mum finds partner dead on sofa just days before their twins' first birthday

Tragedy struck just days before their twins’ first birthday when devoted dad Alex Green, 30, was found dead on the sofa by partner Chloe Powles, who now faces the heartbreak of raising their severely ill daughters

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2 w. ago Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia shares heartbreak of baby daughter’s death: ‘No words to describe the pain’

The MLB player, who was absent from the recent World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays, said he and his wife Kayla Vesia would ‘cherish every second’ they had shared with their child

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2 w. ago Celebrity Traitors winner Alan Carr's Chatty Man talk show 'set for a reboot' as comedian is also tipped to become new Strictly host after surprise victory

In a twist that nobody could have seen coming, the comic, 49, somehow managed to hoodwink Nick Mohammed and David Olusoga into believing he was a Faithful.

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