Lumo TV orders Rogan pair

by 16 June 2026Blog

This powerful creative scheme encompasses two landmark films, The Wolves Six and Deaf Cure, both designed to leverage premium, cinematic storytelling to elevate vital and untold narratives from the Deaf community.  By pairing top-tier production resources with visionary directors, the initiative creates a high-profile platform for intersectional civil rights history and urgent global ethical debates.
 
This scheme holds profound cultural and social importance because it directly challenges the systemic erasure of Deaf history, language, and identity. The Wolves Six chronicles the historic flashpoint where British Deaf activists faced imprisonment for resisting the historical suppression of British Sign Language (BSL). In parallel, Deaf Cure takes a global perspective across the UK and Japan, interrogating how modern gene therapies and societal pressures threaten to edit out a centuries-old visual civilisation. Together, these films shift the narrative from clinical curiosity to a deep celebration of language as identity and survival.
 
Julian Peedle-Calloo, LumoTV’s Factual Commissioner (Sign2Win, Hold My Hand) believes this scheme is vital, as LumoTV needs to tell deaf stories to reach a wide audience who are also fighting for their passions and facing their fears. LumoTV are delighted to be commissioning the exceptional production and creative management at Emmy and BAFTA award-winning Rogan Productions. 

On the frontline, artistic credit belongs to directors Erika Jones (BBC’s Countryfile) who will be working with Charlie Laing DOP (BBC’s The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty and Uprising) and Samuel Ash (Watch Us Roar – LumoTV), who serve as the narrative guides for these respective projects.  Furthermore, significant credit must be extended to the subjects, including the original Wolves Six activists and the multi-generational Ash family, whose lived experiences, archives, and resistance form the emotional bedrock of this entire scheme.

  • Marco Ruffatti BFE is an award-winning film and television editor, known for his work on Tabloids on Trial (2024) and Harry: The Interview (2023). He will be editing Deaf Cure.
  • Mel Quigley is an award-winning editor, known for her work on Gaza: Doctors Under Attack (2026). She will be editing Wolves Six.