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Subtitles

We want all our customers to enjoy the fantastic programming that Sky has to offer, and to help our deaf and hard of hearing customers make the most of Sky we provide subtitles on all Sky channels and 100& of Sky Box Office Movies.

Subtitles provide a written representation of a film or television programme's soundtrack, including the dialogue, music and other sound effects. When pressing the TV GUIDE button on the remote control, the listings that have subtitles can be identified by a white banner on the programme. When selecting the programme, the subtitles will automatically appear.

To see what subtitled programmes are showing over the next week, see our TV Guide.
To find out more about the services we offer for our disabled customers visit our Accessibility site.

Check subtitles setting

To confirm that subtitles are on:
1. Press services on your Sky remote control.
2. Highlight System Setup using the up/down arrows and press select.
3. Highlight Language & Subtitles and press select.
4. Highlight subtitles and use the left/right arrows to change the setting to ON.
5. Highlight Save New Settings and press select.
6. Press sky to return to normal viewing.

Check subtitles setting in the new Sky+HD Guide
1. Highlight Options and press select.
2. Select Subtitles then highlight Subtitles or Audio Description.
3. Press the left/right arrow button and change setting to On.
4. Press the green (save) button when you're done.
5. Press sky to return to normal viewing.

With Sky Anytime and recorded programmes, if you turned on Audio Descriptions at the time of recording, it will be available when you play back the programme and cannot be turned off. If Audio Description was turned off at the time of recording, it is not available and cannot be turned on.

Enable subtitles when you're watching Sky TV

1. Press help on your Sky remote control.
2. Highlight Subtitles using the up/down arrows.
3. Change the setting to On using the left/right arrows.
If subtitles are not available for the programme you're watching, you will see the 'unavailable' message on your TV screen.
To see what subtitled programmes are showing over the next week, see our dedicated TV Guide.