Mik Scarlet (born 1965) is a broadcaster, journalist, actor and musician, as well as an expert in the field of access and inclusion for disabled people. He has been voted one of the most influential disabled people in the UK, and was one of the first television presenters in the world with a physical disability.
Early life
Scarlet was born in
Luton, Bedfordshire. He is a wheelchair user due to the consequences of cancer during infancy.
Career
As one of the first generation of disabled television presenters, Scarlet is best known for presenting the 1992
Emmy Award
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...
winning and
BAFTA nominated children's television programme "Beat That" on
Channel Four. He won a
UNICEF award for work with disabled children.
He has also played several cameo roles in shows such as
Brookside and
The Bill, and was a presenter for
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
's "From the Edge". He has appeared in numerous television programmes including
2point4 Children
''2point4 Children'' is a BBC Television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly average, working-class London family whose world is frequently turned upside-down by bad luck and ...
.
Scarlet is a regular correspondent for
The Huffington Post. He wrote an article for
The Independent in 2000 about social rights
and was quoted in
The Independent about the
2016 Summer Paralympics
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, nations = 159
, athletes = 4,342
, opening = 7 September
, closing = 18 September
, opened_by = President Michel Temer
, cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva
, events = 528 in 22 sports
, stadium = Maracanã
, sum ...
. In 2012, he wrote an article for
Time Out
Time-out, Time Out, or timeout may refer to:
Time
* Time-out (sport), in various sports, a break in play, called by a team
* Television timeout, a break in sporting action so that a commercial break may be taken
* Timeout (computing), an enginee ...
about
accessibility
Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...
in London. That year, he performed in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony and presented coverage of the wheelchair rugby for The Paralympic Games.
Scarlet has appeared on various news and current affairs programmes, such as
The Wright Stuff,
Good Morning Britain,
This Morning and
Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...
, both as a commentator and reporter. Scarlet also is an occasional reporter for
Channel Five News.
He is an ambassador for Parallel London, the inclusive, disability-led push/run event.
In 2018, Scarlet was named on The
Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 list, an annual publication of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK.
Disability Power 100 2018
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References
External links
Mik Scarlet website
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Living people
People from Luton
1965 births
English people with disabilities
British television presenters
Television presenters with disabilities
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