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London Marathon Sunday 13th April coverage on the BBC |
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Written by Telly Addict
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Tuesday, 08 April 2008 |
The BBC will be providing comprehensive coverage of the Flora London Marathon on Sunday 13th April
On Sunday 13 April BBC Sport will provide comprehensive live coverage of the 28th Flora London Marathon (on BBC One from 8.30am-2.00pm, and BBCi from 8.30am-4.00pm), plus an evening highlights programme on BBC Two from 6.40-7.30pm.
The 2008 London Marathon will mark 100 years since the running of the marathon at the 1908 Olympics which was staged over the classic 26 miles, 385 yards distance from Windsor Castle to White City, London.
Sue Barker will introduce the BBC's coverage of one of the world's most famous road races, in which 35,000 runners will start the 26.2 mile journey that begins in Greenwich Park and makes its way through Docklands and then the streets of London, passing world famous landmarks such as Tower Bridge, Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace.
Sue Barker will be joined by Steve Cram, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Peter Elliott and Richard Nerurkar will be on bikes covering the elite races and reporters around the course will include Jonathan Edwards, Phil Jones, Jake Humphrey, Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes and Rob Walker.
Digital viewers will be able to press the red button for the BBC Marathon Interactive service to get live individual coverage of both the Mens and Womens races, followed by continuous coverage of the finish and a replay of all the mini-marathon finishers.
On BBC Radio 5 Live, World Champion, Olympic Silver medallist and Marathon winner Sonia O'Sullivan joins the team for the first time as an expert pundit.
Sonia will join presenter John Inverdale and reporters all around the course to reflect all the atmosphere and action.
Charlie Spedding, the last British man to win the marathon, and 5 Live's athletics reporter Allison Curbishley will also be part of the reporting team.
The women's elite race start begins at 9.00am, followed by the wheelchair start at 9.25am. The men's elite and mass start are at 9.45am.
The BBC will have 35 cameras, six bikes, two helicopters and an overhead circling plane to cover the 26.2 mile course, ensuring that every step, trip and fall will be captured so no race fan need break a sweat to keep up with all the action.
BBC Sport has covered the London Marathon since its inception in 1981 and has secured the rights to continue coverage until 2010.
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