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Actor Cara Readle meets TV's Gail Porter
Actress Cara Readle interviews one-time model, presenter and band promoter Gail Porter.
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In this film, Gail Porter talks about how people mistakenly thought she was having chemo after she lost her hair. And Cara Readle, actress with cerebral palsy, reveals she didn't know what she would be able to do until acting came along.
• In the next video, Gail Porter swaps chairs to become interviewer, Mystery Jets frontman Blaine Harrison joins her as interviewee.
Dis Connected: the series in full
Watch all seven Dis Connected videos in a row as the interviewer baton is passed from one guest to the next. Each brings their own experience of disability to the discussion.
1. Telly's Trisha Goddard meets kids presenter Cerrie Burnell
2. Cerrie Burnell chats to actress Cara Readle
3. Cara Readle meets TV's Gail Porter
4. Gail Porter meets Mystery Jets' frontman Blaine Harrison
5. Blaine Harrison meets barrister John Horan
6. John Horan meets Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
7. Tanni Grey-Thompson talks to Baroness Jane Campbell
1. Telly's Trisha Goddard meets kids presenter Cerrie Burnell
2. Cerrie Burnell chats to actress Cara Readle
3. Cara Readle meets TV's Gail Porter
4. Gail Porter meets Mystery Jets' frontman Blaine Harrison
5. Blaine Harrison meets barrister John Horan
6. John Horan meets Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
7. Tanni Grey-Thompson talks to Baroness Jane Campbell
The Dis Connected series was produced by Kate Ansell.
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