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BBC TV and Radio gear up for Wimbledon Tennis Championships 2008 |
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Written by Telly Addict
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Saturday, 21 June 2008 |
Wimbledon fortnight starts on Monday 23rd June 2008 and BBC TV and radio will be providing unrivaled coverage of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships 2008
The BBC's all-encompassing coverage of Wimbledon 2008 at SW19 will be in full flow from Monday 23 June to Sunday 6 July 2008. Tennis fans can follow the action on television, radio, the BBC website, their mobile phone and, if they miss anything or simply want to watch again, on the BBC iPlayer.
BBC Sport is the host broadcaster for the organisers of Wimbledon 2008, the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and will provide all television pictures from Centre and No.1 Courts in HD (high-definition) for the third year in a row.
Television
BBC Sport's television coverage will be available for the first time on BBC iPlayer for fans to watch again or catch up with any action they have missed. Today At Wimbledon will be available for seven days after it has been broadcast, and can be found at bbc.co.uk/iPlayer.
Sue Barker will present the live daytime and evening coverage from Wimbledon Tennis 2008 on BBC One and BBC Two. The daily highlights show Today At Wimbledon will be presented by John Inverdale on BBC Two at 8.00pm each weekday.
The BBC HD channel will provide 11 hours of coverage per day with the best action from Wimbledon Centre Court and No. 1 Court.
Tim Henman joins the BBC commentary team for the first time, and will work as a commentator and studio analyst alongside the existing line-up.
The top-quality BBC commentary team also features John McEnroe, Boris Becker, John Lloyd, Greg Rusedski, Andrew Castle, Tracy Austin, Virginia Wade, Chris Bailey, David Mercer, Peter Fleming, Barry Davies, Mark Cox, Simon Reed, Chris Bradnam, Matt Chilton, Annabel Croft, Liz Smylie, Sam Smith, Jo Durie and Louise Pleming.
Mark Petchey will be joining the TV team once again, and Jason Goodall will again be providing the Hawk-Eye analysis.
For the second year running at Wimbledon, Hawk-Eye will be used as an official umpiring tool on Centre and No. 1 courts and, as a result, Cyclops will not be in operation.
Interactive TV
Interactive TV will offer a choice of up to five live matches. When there is coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, Freeview will offer a choice of four extra matches.
A digital text service will also be available with news and score updates.
BBC Sport Website
The BBC Sport website at bbc.co.uk/tennis will have live streaming and on-demand highlights. Interviews from the television coverage will also feature, and there will be live scoring.
Mobile Phone
The latest Wimbledon news will be available direct to mobile phones. Viewers can text TENNIS to 81010 to receive a link to the BBC's tennis site. It costs 10-15p to text the BBC.
BBC Radio 5 Live
As usual, BBC Radio 5 Live will be at Wimbledon throughout the tournament bringing live commentary and updated news of all the action as it happens. Simon Mayo, Mark Pougatch and Clare Balding will present daily coverage with former winners Michael Stich and Pat Cash heading the cast of top-name pundits.
Ladies champion Jana Novotna joins the BBC Radio Five Live team for the first time this year and John McEnroe presents the tennis phone-in Six Love Six. Plus we have Jeff Tarango, Annabel Croft, Judy Murray, Frew MacMillan, Roger Rasheed and Todd Woodbridge.
Fresh from Royal Ascot, Clare Balding will be commentating on tennis for the first time, and Jonathan Overend leads the commentary with Alistair Eykyn, Iain Carter and David Law. Coverage will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live Sports Extra.
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