Over 180 UK cinemas are now
equipped with digital Subtitling and
/or Audio Description systems.

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(inc. previous Ster Century)

 

London area:

Acton London

Croydon (Grants) London

Croydon (Purley Way) London

Dagenham Essex

Finchley Lido London

Finchley Road London

Fulham London

Harrow London

Islington London

Staines Middlesex

Shepherds Bush London

Thurrock Essex

West End London

 

UK:

Aberdeen Scotland

Accrington Lancs

Basingstoke
(previously Ster Century)

Birmingham

Blackburn

Bolton

Bristol

Bristol (Longwell Green)

Bury

Cambridge

Cheshire Oaks

Doncaster

Edinburgh

Hamilton

Hartlepool

Inverness

Leeds

Leeds Light (previously Ster Century)

Leicester

Livingston

Northampton

Plymouth

Portsmouth

Preston

Reading

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Southport

Watford

Worcester

York

More coming soon!

 

London area:

Bayswater W2, Whiteleys UCI/Odeon

Edmonton N9, Lee Valley London

Leicester Square WC2, London

Uxbridge London

Walthamstow E18 South Woodford London

West End WC2, London

Wimbledon SW19, London

 

UK:

Banbury

Bath

Birmingham

Blackpool

Bournemouth

Bracknell

Brighton

Bromborough

Canterbury

Cardiff UCI/Odeon

Cheltenham

Chelmsford

Colchester

Coventry

Darlington

Derby

Dudley UCI/Odeon

East Kilbride UCI/Odeon

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird UCI/Odeon

& Gateshead

Guildford

Hastings

Hatfield Herts UCI/Odeon

Hereford

Huddersfield

Kingston Surrey

Leicester

Lincoln

Liverpool

Maidenhead UCI/Odeon

Maidstone

Manchester Filmworks

Manchester Trafford

Mansfield

Norwich UCI/Odeon

Oxford

Portsmouth

Portsmouth Port Solent UCI/Odeon

Preston

Salisbury

Southend

Stoke on Trent

Southampton

Swansea

Tamworth Staffs UCI/Odeon

Taunton

Telford UCI/Odeon

Tunbridge Wells

Wallsend Silverlinks UCI/Odeon

Warrington UCI/Odeon

Worcester

 

Ireland:

Dublin Odeon/UCI Blanchardstown D15

Dublin Odeon/UCI Coolock D17

Dublin Odeon/UCI Tallaght D24

 

 

(inc. previous UGC)

London area:

Wandsworth London

West India Quay London (previously UGC)

UK:

Ashford

Bradford

Bury St. Edmonds

Cambridge

Cheltenham

Hull (previously UGC)

Huntingdon

Ipswich (previously UGC)

Isle of Wight

Middlesbrough (previously UGC)

Milton Keynes

Northampton (previously UGC)

Nottingham (previously UGC)

Rochester

Rugby

Shrewsbury

Stevenage

Sunderland

Swindon

Weymouth

Wolverhampton

Yeovil

Ireland:

Dublin Parnell St. D1
(previously UGC)

 

Picture House (City Screen)

Brixton London Ritzy

Stratford London Picturehouse

Aberdeen Belmont Cinema

Exeter Picturehouse

York Picturehouse

 

Regent Street London

Barrow in Furness, Cumbria

Burnley Lancs

& Morcambe

Stroud, Gloucester

& Torbay Paignton, Devon

 

OMNIPLEX

Carrickfergus N.I., Omniplex

Enniskilllen N.I., Omniplex

Lisburn N.I., Omniplex

Newry N.I., Omniplex

 

Other Cinemas

Barbican London

Portobello Rd. Electric, London

Aberystwyth National Library of Wales

Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Aldeburgh cinema

Ballymena N.I., IMC

Banbridge Co. Down, N.I.,
  Iveagh Movie Studio

Barnstable Devon Central Cinema

Belfast Storm cinemas
   (formerly Village cinemas Belfast)

Belfast N.I., Moviehouse

Belfast N.I., Queen's Film Theatre

Boston, Lincs. Savoy, West End

Bradford National Museum
 of Photography, Film & Television

Bristol Orpheus cinema, Henleaze

Burgess Hill Orion

Christchurch Dorset, Regent Centre

Cleethorpes Parkway

Clevedon Curzon

Cornwall Plaza Truro

Cornwall St. Austell, Film Centre

Cornwall Wadebridge, Regal

Durham Gala Cinema

Edinburgh Filmhouse

Galway Ireland, Eye cinema

Glasgow Scotland, Glasgow Film Theatre

Nantgarw Showcase

Hexham Northumberland, Forum Orion

High Wycombe Empire

Horsham Capital

Isle of Wight, Ryde, Commodore

Isle of Man Douglas, Broadway

Manchester Cornerhouse

Newcastle Empire

Northampton Forum

Stirling Scotland, Macroberts Arts Centre

Tyne & Wear Whitley Bay Playhouse

Wolverhampton Light House

Woking Ambassadors

Workington Plaza

 

The following cinemas have audio description facilities only - please ask them to complete their system and become accessible to hearing impaired people!

Hereford Courtyard Theatre

Vue Romford Essex

Vue Cardiff

Vue Edinburgh

Vue Norwich

 

The following cinema has closed down - it is hoped that the system will be relocated in another Odeon cinema.

Odeon Grimsby

 

The following cinema has removed its system

Basingstoke

 

Statistics:

In operation:

DTS CSS sites: 119

Dolby Screentalk sites: 75

Total accessible cinemas to date: 191*

*3 cinemas have both systems.
5 have audio description only - no subtitles.

 

Breakdown to date:

Vue / Ster Century cinemas: 50

Odeon / UCI cinemas: 63

Cineworld / UGC cinemas: 25

Picturehouse cinemas: 5

Apollo cinemas: 6

Omniplex cinemas: 4

Other cinemas: 36

Total accessible cinemas to date: 191

 

What are 'Digitally subtitled' films?

Almost every major film is released in this format, but only cinemas with digital subtitle equipment can screen them (listed above).

The subtitle 'files' are supplied on CD Rom disc (for now), and are projected separately onto the cinema screen. Most cinemas with this facility screen the latest releases with subtitles two or three times a week.

Cinemas with this equipment can also provide an audio description service to visually impaired people - a recorded narrator explains what's happening on screen, through personal headphones. It's similar to listening to a cricket match on the radio, but far more exciting!

NOTE: Subtitled films can come in three formats

 

   and   

For the time being, there are two different Digital Subtitling and Audio Description systems. This may change in 2006/7, when digital projectors will be available. These have built in subtitle readers.

What's the difference?

 

Many more accessible cinemas on the way?