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BBC Captioning History

  • Writer: Stephen Goforth
    Stephen Goforth
  • 3 hours ago
  • 1 min read

Some of the important years when the BBC made advances in captioning.


  • 1979 - A documentary called "Quietly in Switzerland" is the first program to be subtitled on the BBC.

  • 1986 - "Blue Peter" becomes the first live program to be subtitled on the BBC.

  • 1990 - The first live BBC broadcast is captioned by a stenographer.

  • 1990 - The BBC begins subtitling its news.

  • 2001 - Respeaking is used for subtitling for the first time by the BBC.

  • 2008 - The BBC moves to full subtitling in all its platforms.

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