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BBC unveils its coverage of Beijing Olympics 2008 |
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Sunday, 27 July 2008 |
The BBC has unveiled details of its coverage of the Beijing Olympics 2008 which begin on 8th August 2008.
As Britain's Olympic and Paralympic broadcaster, the BBC holds exclusive terrestrial TV, radio, online, mobile and iPlayer rights in the UK.
The Olympic coverage will include several main strands across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC HD, as well as the Opening and Closing Ceremonies, and up to six additional streams of coverage available via the BBCi interactive service.
Full day-by-day listings will be available here on www.tvnowandnext.co.uk.
Please note: All transmission times are subject to change.
The Olympics 8th-24th August 2008
Live coverage on BBCi
2.00am-6.00pm
There will be continuous live/as live coverage of the Games on BBCi throughout the night and day. With up to six streams to choose from the viewer will have more Olympic sports to select from than ever before.
Olympic Football
8.00-9.00pm BBC Three
(live matches available on BBCi)
Jake Humphrey brings the best of the action from the final round of the men's preliminaries as well as the men's and women's quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.
Olympics 2008
1.50-6.00am BBC One/BBC HD
(start times vary)
Rishi Persad and Clare Balding present live coverage of the swimming finals, athletics heats and a selection of the gymnastics finals.
Olympic Breakfast
6.00-9.00am BBC One/BBC HD
Hazel Irvine and Adrian Chiles start the day with a look at the main news from the day's events and some live coverage from the early afternoon's action in Beijing, also incorporating national and regional news and weather.
Olympics 2008
9.00am-noon BBC One/BBC HD
Hazel Irvine and Adrian Chiles present live coverage of the rowing, sailing and cycling.
Olympics 2008
12.00-12.45pm BBC Two/BBC HD
Sue Barker presents more live action from the Games, with coverage of the early athletics finals and swimming heats.
Olympics 2008
12.45-5.15pm BBC One/BBC HD
Sue Barker and Jake Humphrey present coverage of the athletics finals and the climax of the three-day eventing.
Olympics 2008
5.15-6.00pm BBC Two/BBC HD
Jake Humphrey brings more of the evening's action from the Games in Beijing.
Games Today
7.00-8.00pm BBC One/BBC HD
Gabby Logan presents a round-up of all the key moments from the day's competition. Gabby will welcome viewers home from work with all the news and views as well as reports on Team GB's progress. Having looked back over the day's main events, Gabby will look forward to the coming day's action.
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