Hi Slj.

This is actually a case where the bbc puts out different channels overseas to what they put out here, sinse here we have bbc1, bbc2, bbc3 etc.

However, it is true several programs have audio description though this needs to be enabled digitally and won't be there by default, ----- my tv for instance doesn't have the facility for it, though my parents' digital tv does.

So your best off just trying it out.

Bare in mind though, it's only on some programs, not on everything, usually major series like doctor who.

That being said, bare in mind I really don't watch much tv, I prefer dvds and am actually looking at cancelling my tv license, sinse most tv now is celebrity rubbish or reality rubbish, both of which I find utterly pointless, and for what series I do watch, it'd be cheaper to buy them on dvd than pay the license.

Interestingly enough, the one channel I do watch a lot at my parents' is sky one, because they show innumerable episodes of the simpsons and futurama everyday.

Indeed it is generally by program rather than by channel.

Actually only a few series come with audio description at all, Doctor Who being one of them. If you're in region 2 SLJ you could probably find them somewhere, I believe it was the series boxed sets and that the menus themselves even speak.

I'm glad it wasn't just me looking at that option Dark. Buying a few series of Futurama, Mythbusters and so on on DVD would be cheaper than keeping up both my TV license and Sky subscription for what I watch and would let me watch what I want when I want to. I'd be losing the audio description but I can live with that for saving about £27-30 a month.

for some insane reason, dvds (and games), sold in different parts of the world are not compatible with systems in other parts. This is why if you want to watch imported films or play games not released in your country you often need to have special equipment.

Europe, like the Uk is region 2, aka Pal, thus you'll be able to get and play the same dvds as we can in the Uk, where as if you were in Asia or america things would be different.

Well your probably best off just asking, or else checking with the audio description service, though I'd highly recommend getting the doctor who dvds, audio described menues as well as programs pluss lots of special features which you can also access due to the menues.

Myself, while I certainly like audio described stuff very much, I'm not aversed to watching things without it, and most of the films and series I have on dvd are not described.

i am for instance currently rewatching babylon 5, which is a great series but has no audio description.

Actually, on sky 1 some episodes of simpsons and futurama are also described which is good.

Simpsons and futurama are actually things I'd not buy on dvd myself, sinse while I enjoy watching them I don't know how much rewatch value many of them have, however sky 1 shows them near constantly anyway and I can watch that at my parents.

If there was a cheap subscription that could get me just! sky 1 I'd considder it, but I've not found a package that sutes me so I just have the usual digital channels like bbc 1-3, E4 etc.

In fact the only reason I really stil own a tv is that it's a very large plasma affair that I use as a computer monitor and have my Snes and gamecube plugged into so that I can play graphical games.

For specifically described stuff, I believe there are places on the net where you can get just the audio of films and tv series with a description as an audio file like an mp3.

Personally though, sinse I stil have enough vision to appreciate the visuals I do not know much about these, but maybe someone else can point you in the direction of where to get them.

Thanks for the information. I didn't knew that we're using the same region. Well, that means it's time to buy lots of stuff. haha.
I've not heard much about doctor who, but I'll check it out.

Hi.
I've contacted some movie shops here in Denmark, and as suspected, people don't know anything about audio describtion. I've noticed a really odd issue: Many of the dvd's which does have audio describtion, doesn't even have an audio describtion label on the dvd case, which means I can't make sure if the dvd I purchase does have audio describtion or not. an example is Avatar. The dvd does have audio describtion, but it's not mentioned on the case. How should people know then? The LOTR movies doesn't have audio describtion if I buy these here in dk. I'm really wandering how you can get these audio described in the UK, when we're using the same region¨.
I'm pretty much confused and it's really odd that audio describtio isn't mentioned on the dvd case. So now I can't just go out and buy a dvd and make sure it have audio describtion, because I don't know what country the dvd is imported from. LOTR is a great example of that, and Avatar is a great examle of buying a dvd, and get surprised when you find out that it have audio describtion. well, that means I have to buy my movies in the UK, or sadly get these in other ways to make sure I don't get a dvd without audio describtion.

Most dvd's we buy here in Denmark is only in english, of course only if the movies are in english. If I buy a english dvd, the dvd it self isn't made here in Denmark, but imported from other countries. That's the reason for Avatar is audio described here in denmark as well.

Just a slight correction Cx2, actually on many occasions the audio description provided in cinemas and on dvds is different because the audio description is considdered not a track of the film, but property of the cinemas.

That's why some films had audio description in cinemas and not on disk and visa versa.

In fact I've even heard that the british audio description service has sometimes had to produce four or five different descriptions for the same film, one for dvd release, one for cinema, and one for each tv network that airs it, because stil it's not considdered as part of the film but an extra.

yes, this is insane, but then again the entire audio description treatment is pretty insane anyway, for instance cinemas have flatly stated they will not show audio described films all the time, becaue it ma disturb other people, ---- even though nobody will here the audio description in the cinema unless they're wearing the headphones.

I've also seen cases where one dvd release of a film had the audio description, and another does not, or of series like torchwood which were audio described on tv, but not on dvd.

Craziness!

As to simpsons and futurama cx2, that's fair if you've got no access, and probably if I weren't staying with my parents intermitantly I'd consdder getting futuram on dvd myself as well, but as it is I do get lots of chances to watch it anyway.

I've even got a friend who has the entire new series not shown in the uk yet and have watched several episodes with him.