Signing with my son
TV & Satellite Week|September 17, 2022
John Bishop reveals the very personal reason why he’s learning sign language…
HANNAH DAVIES, JUDY EWENS, RICHARD MCCLURE
Signing with my son

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John & Joe Bishop: Life after Deaf Thursday, 9pm, ITV

Comedian John Bishop has given us plenty of laughs over his stand-up career. But now he’s taking on the serious challenge of learning sign language as part of his ITV documentary John & Joe Bishop: Life after Deaf.

It focuses on the star’s relationship with his deaf son, Joe, now 27, who lost most of his hearing overnight when he was just 15 due to a rare autoimmune condition called Cogan’s syndrome.

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