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Best Interests is the new BBC One drama about teenager Marnie, who has a life-limiting condition and whose doctors have recommended her treatment should be stopped. Bafta-winning writer Jack Thorne - well known for being a disability advocate - drops in to talk about writing it, making it and also about his recent autism diagnosis.

The Cost of Living Crisis rumbles on affecting many disabled people. This week we focus on people with cystic fibrosis and how this makes life more expensive after a report reveals 7% of those with the condition are now getting groceries from food banks - a figure that is twice the national average. We speak to Holly, mum to two-year-old Amelia who has cystic fibrosis, and Ben Kind from the CF Trust.

And presenters Nikki Fox and Emma Tracey read out your messages about delays to roadside assistance for disabled people.

Recorded and mixed by Dave O'Neill, produced by Keiligh Baker, Emma Tracey, and Beth Rose, series producer. The editor was Damon Rose.

Published on Thursday, 8th June 2023.

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