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Find old BBC shows that include sign language
I’ve spent the past few days trawling through the BBC’s incredible online archive of TV and radio shows, which you mentioned in Issue 609 (page 8). I’ve been partially deaf all my life, so I was pleased to discover that I could search the index specifically for programmes that include sign language.
First, visit the Programme Index (), then click the Explore Playable Programmes circle. Now click the ‘Turn on advanced filters’ slider so it turns blue ( in our screenshot), then the Accessibility heading . Next, click the eye icon to the left of ‘Signed’ (there’s also an option for ‘Audio described’, which will interest people with no or poor sight). To see the results, click ‘Apply filters’ at the bottom-right of the
