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Subtitles
BBC subtitles provide a transcript of the TV soundtrack, helping deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers to follow programmes. They have been available since the early 1980s.
No other UK broadcaster matches the proportion of programmes subtitled by the BBC. It is committed to subtitling 100% of BBC TV programmes from April 2008.
95% of BBC One and Two are already subtitled, and 80% of BBC Three, Four, CBBC, CBeebies and BBC News 24.
On analogue TV you need teletext to see subtitles. Press text on your remote control and type 888. Subtitles appear straight away or whenever a subtitled programme begins.
If you have digital TV, select SUBTITLES from the set-up menu and follow the instructions for your set top box or set. Subtitles will appear whenever you switch on. If you have problems please contact your equipment's manufacturer.
You can check if a programme is subtitled using BBCi's What's On website, Ceefax, digital text pages or listings magazines such as the Radio Times. For a full list of this week's subtitled programmes please use this search link.
Visually impaired viewers
The BBC has also developed an audio description speech service for viewers who are visually impaired. It broadcasts some programmes with enhanced commentary which describes what is happening on screen and is transmitted in gaps between dialogue.
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More information
For more about BBC subtitling please contact:
BBC Subtitling,
BC3 A5-9,
Broadcast Centre,
201 Wood Lane,
London W12 7RJ
or email subtitling@bbc.co.uk.
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