BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds have a special Olympics schedule ready for listeners this month, bringing all-day coverage of the Games, along with the hustle and bustle of Parisian life, from 10am-10pm daily.
Live from Salford, Naga Munchetty and Adrian Chiles kick off 5 Live’s daily Olympics schedule. From 10am-1:00pm they’ll take listeners through the excitement of the rowing and diving finals, as well as the athletic and swimming heats.
On the ground, Mark Chapman takes listeners through the afternoon, inviting guests into 5 Live’s Parisian café studio 1:00pm-3:30pm. Tony Livesey and Eleanor Oldroyd are presenting together from 3:30pm-6:30pm. They will be out and about in the French capital, as well as presenting live from gymnastics and track cycling events. Kelly Cates picks up the baton in the evening to bring listeners the medals being won in the swimming pool and at the athletics track.
5 Live Breakfast’s Rachel Burden and Rick Edwards will hear from team GB medalists, families and fans every morning, as well as bringing all the Olympics news.
Some of 5 Live’s best-loved voices will be calling the biggest moments at the Games. Athletics commentary will come from Olympic bronze medalist Katharine Merry alongside Allison Curbishley. Away from the track Alistair Bruce-Ball, Jonathan Overend, Steve Bunce and Sonja McLaughlan are also part of the team.
They are joined by Olympians Victoria Pendleton, Louis Smith, Steve Parry, Karen Pickering and Jess Eddie.
On BBC World Service English, there’ll be coverage and commentary from Paris in special editions of Sportsworld and Sport Today, hosted by Lee James, with on-site reporters, Ade Adedoyin and Ed Harry. Isaac Fanin will have reports and interviews on the Newsday programme, while Sportshour, presented by Caroline Barker, will provide the human-interest stories behind the medals.
Alongside the extensive radio coverage, there is live TV coverage across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, providing access to all 32 events at Paris 2024, plus a nightly highlights programme will recap all the best bits.
Plus, Olympics Extra, a fully scheduled live stream on BBC iPlayer, follows the biggest moments across every event so that audiences can simply soak up the action.
Finally, building on the success of Tokyo in 2021 where it received 27 million visitors, the BBC Sport website and app is going to be the destination for big medal-winning moments, news stories, reports, live text and video highlights this summer.
Live text runs from 6:30am-midnight across the entire event, so that audiences can keep up to date with every single GB medal and big international moments, plus an automated medals table that allows fans to keep an eye on every team’s success.
Highlights videos are easily accessible on the website and app through a newly introduced vertical video carousel – perfect for anyone keeping up with the action on their phone. The new storytelling tool will showcase the best video content from the Games but in an easy-to-find way.
Across BBC Sport’s social channels, fans can expect to see the best moments and be brought closer to the athletes, BBC Sport presenters and pundits with engaging, bite-sized content.
Finally, push notifications will alert audiences to the big events and how to follow them across the BBC. Daily social media posts will let followers know how they can watch, listen and follow the next day’s events.
The Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony takes place this Friday, July 26 at 5.45pm (live on BBC One and iPlayer) and continues until August 11.
