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Rose Ayling-Ellis is on a mission to teach sign language to seniors...

- HANNAH DAVIES

ROSE AYLING-ELLIS: OLD HANDS, NEW TRICKS Wednesday, 9pm, BBC1 Factual (box set, BBC iPlayer)

Former EastEnders actor Rose Ayling-Ellis, who's been deaf since birth, has come up with the brilliant idea of teaching British Signi Language (BSL) to older people who are losing their hearing, which she's putting into practice for a new two-part documentary.