Welcome
Give us your feedback
BSLBT has now been going for a year, and we want to find out what you think of our programmes and our progress. It will help us write our response to Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, who are carrying out a review of how the new arrangements for signing on television are working out.
Please help us by filling out the attached questionnaire and sending it back as soon as possible. It will only take a couple of minutes and we would really appreciate it. And if you have any further comments on our programmes or on how BSLBT is working, please do send us those as well.
All feedback will be anonymous – we would not give anybody’s name or contact details to anyone else.
Click here to download the Questionnaire
UPCOMING PROGRAMMES
| Week commencing Monday | Mon 8am, Wed 2pm and Sun 8pm | |
|---|---|---|
| British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) | ||
| 08.03.10 | NEW Wicked 1 Series 3 | Wicked 3 is back! taking the van on the road to bring you stories from your local community, a behind scenes peek at deaf lives, a celebration of Deaf heritage and a fantastic new drama ‘The Fingerspellers’ |
| 15.03.10 | Under The Lamp – Recaptured | Join Carolyn to revisit special moments from the very popular ‘Under the Lamp’ series which explores the public and private lives of key figures from the UK Deaf community. |
| 22.03.10 | Under The Lamp – Recaptured | Join Carolyn to revisit special moments from the very popular ‘Under the Lamp’ series which explores the public and private lives of key figures from the UK Deaf community. |
| 29.03.10 | Under The Lamp With Julian – Episode 1 | ‘Under the Lamp’ is back with a brand new presenter who’ll be meeting key people from the Deaf Community to quiz, challenge them and give them a few surprises! |
| 05.04.10 | NEW Wicked | Wicked series 3 continues taking the van on the road to bring you stories from your local community, and the drama ‘Fingerspellers’ continues. |
| 12.04.10 | The Boy From Before | Expelled from his last school, Sam’s nervous on the first day at his new one. Labelled as disruptive, he knows he’s not bad – strange things just seem to happen when he’s around. |
| 19.04.10 | Under The Lamp With Julian | ‘Under the Lamp’ continues who’ll be meeting key people from the Deaf Community to quiz, challenge them and give them a few surprises! |
| 26.04.10 | Little Wicked/Wicked Kids | Little Wicked and Wicked Kids: big fun for little kids and wicked fun for bigger kids. For 3-7 and 11-14 yr olds: signing genie, animations, kids’ theatre, factual features and drama. |
| 28.04.10 | Coming Home – Please note 2pm | Mark, a young deaf man, adopted by hearing parents, is determined to uncover the truth about his past but in so doing reveals a tragic family secret. |
| 02.05.10 | Coming Home – Please note 10pm | Mark, a young deaf man, adopted by hearing parents, is determined to uncover the truth about his past but in so doing reveals a tragic family secret. |
| 03.05.10 | NEW Wicked | Wicked series 3 continues taking the van on the road to bring you stories from your local community, and the drama ‘Fingerspellers’ continues. |
Programmes
Watch all latest programmes ONLINE now!
NEXT WEEK on the BSL Zone starting Monday 8th March
New series of WICKED with presenters Nadia Nadarajah and Lee Robertson.
Our Wicked presenters are prolonging the cold snap with a trip to test their skills at Snowboarding. Nadia reveals our new presenter and together they hit the slopes and find out why snowboarding is the new hot sport at the next Winter Olympics. Our new drama series FINGERSPELLERS invites us to enter the world of the Deaffather, a 1930s whodunit. We celebrate deaf heritage by bringing deaf people who contributed to history back to life and we spend a day in the life with a photographer on the manic streets of London.
You can view a list of our current programmes below. Please select the programme you wish to view and you will be taken to the programme website:
What is the BSLBT?
Welcome to the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) website.
The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) was established in 2008 to increase the amount of sign-presented programming on television.
The BSLBT intends to offer more choice for BSL viewing, and more opportunities for Deaf people to work both on and behind the camera.
You will have seen a change in your current viewing, with many channels switching from offering sign-interpreted programming to programming funded through the BSLBT.
Virgin Media, ITV, Sky, and Channel 4 are some of the Broadcasters involved, with members of the Deaf Community, in the Trust to oversee this exciting development.
When do the programmes go out?
Community Channel: Freeview 87 (8am only), Sky 539, Virgin TV 233
Monday 8am, Wednesday 2pm and Sunday 8pm
Go to Programmes from the list of links on the left-hand side to find out the programmes schedule.
Click on the other links to explore the website.
Enjoy browsing!