Jordan is a BAFTA & RTS winning drama director from Yorkshire with a disability (cerebral palsy); he has over 70 hours of broadcast TV credits and first trained through the Channel 4’s 4Talent scheme & won BAFTA Breakthrough 2020. Jordan directed BBC1’s groundbreaking drama, multi RTS winning, Ralph & Katie – the first drama to feature 2 learning disabled lead actors, a project seen as pioneering for inclusive TV. He previously directed Channel 4 prison-drama series Screw & both the third and fourth seasons of Ackley Bridge for The Forge Entertainment, as well as episodes for BBC1 prime-time drama Death in Paradise & All Creatures Great & Small.
Jordan has also directed episodes for flagship BBC1 medical-drama-series Casualty & won a BAFTA in 2018. In 2020 Jordan won BAFTA BREAKTHROUGH for his work on Ackley Bridge as well RTS BEST INCLUSIVE PRACTICE & SPECIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION for his work on Ralph & Katie
S3 Episode 27.
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Disability Empowerment Now is produced by Pascal Albright.
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