Flyer: ‘Would This Man Frighten Your Children’ - 1988
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Flyer: ‘Would This Man Frighten Your Children’ - 1988

Image of flyer, Would This Man Frighten Your Children? for Granada TV protest, 1988

About

On 25 January 1988, Granada Television’s headquarters in Manchester were picketed by disabled protestors after the company overturned a decision to cast disabled actor Nabil Shaban in a children’s television drama.

The image is a flyer used at the protest.

Description

The flyer is portrait oriented on A5 light yellow paper.

Most of the space has a black and white photograph of disabled actor Nabil Shaban talking to a group of children with the words “Would This Man Frighten Your Children?”

“Photo by Phil Rider” is at the bottom in block capitals.