When See Hear first aired in 1981 there were very few terrestrial channels and even fewer TV programmes that were accessible to deaf audiences. Today, that’s changed. A wealth of television and online content is accessible to sign language users and hard of hearing viewers. It’s also easier than ever to shoot and edit your own films and share them with an audience at the touch of a button.

In this panel discusion we'll be asking what does this mean for the future of deaf television? Are Deaf people more likely to make their own short films and share them online, or is there still a place for Deaf dramas and documentaries made by the BBC and the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust?

Join our panel to discuss what the future might hold… the answer may surprise you.

Panelists

Camilla Arnold - Producer, Flashing Lights Media

Ruth Griffiths - Chair, British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust

William Mager - Series Producer, BBC See Hear

The discussion will include live speech to text transcription and a sign language interpreter. All of our cinema auditoria are fitted with induction loop systems.

Image credit: Sven Dreesbach

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