Can anyone confirm, is audio description available on live BBC channels in iPlayer on Amazon FireStick?

By Oliver, 30 October, 2025

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I'm pretty sure someone told me it was, but don't want to purchase and cry when it doesn't work. I'm an ugly cryer.

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By Callum Stoneman on Monday, November 3, 2025 - 11:22

I have a Firestick hanging around in a drawer somewhere so will try and test this tomorrow. I know that it is available on the Android app though, and FireOS is Android based so I would assume it's basically the Android app. But you know what they say about assuming...

By Brian on Monday, November 3, 2025 - 15:33

Unfortunately I do not think I can help you with this. We only seem to get iPlayer Classics when we search for iPlayer in the App Store. We also get something called BBC America, although interestingly enough, I was able to watch some London base news on something called's live verified'. I did not catch any audio descriptions, however. The news piece at the time was something about some people locking themselves up in a café bar though, and something about a train. So who knows...

By Oliver on Monday, November 3, 2025 - 15:38

Assuming you're in the States? Thanks for looking, but iPlayer is only for UK television licence payers.

Yeah, the news is full of the attack on the train. Horrible stuff.

By Brian on Monday, November 3, 2025 - 18:38

Don't worry though, if things get any more crazy over here, I'm moving in with you, Oliver.
Be afraid... 😈