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As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approach their climax, don’t miss the latest action with our comprehensive day-by-day schedule.
How can I watch TV in the UK?
The important thing to understand is that BBC coverage The broadcast options for the 2024 Olympics are very limited. Viewers who enjoyed watching all the Olympic events on the BBC during the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games may be disappointed.
The BBC’s 2024 offering is split across just two live streams at a time. BBC One or BBC Two will broadcast one of these streams, with the other stream being shown on iPlayer, Red Button and online. Any event not covered by one of these two live streams will therefore not be available on terrestrial television in the UK.
For more live coverage of the 2024 Olympics, UK viewers will need to subscribe to Discovery+available on smart TVs, via app or online. It has a special Olympics offer for £3.99 per month.
Discovery+ is the main European rights holder for the Olympic Games this year and will broadcast every moment of the Games with “full linear coverage across its Eurosport channels (1 and 2), as well as seven dedicated Olympic ‘pop-up’ channels”.
Warner Bros Discovery also co-owns TNT Sport, whose customers can access Olympic coverage via the Discovery+ platform as part of their existing subscription.
Telegraph Sport will broadcast live blogs of all key sporting events.
What times of day do events take place in the UK?
Being in France, with only an hour to spare, the timing of the events is kind to British viewers. The competition starts in the morning – from 6.30am BST for the endurance events that aim to avoid the heat – and continues late into the evening, with beach volleyball, basketball and football matches scheduled until 11pm BST.
How can I live stream the Olympics online?
You can stream the Olympics online on Eurosport and Discovery+, where every action will be available, as well as on the BBC iPlayer app and the BBC website, which can show a maximum of two live streams of Olympics action at any one time.
What will the BBC’s media coverage be?
BBC One and BBC Two will cover British athletes and broadcast the biggest events. An Olympics Extra channel will be available on iPlayer, Red Button and online. However, as with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the BBC will be able to broadcast a maximum of two live streams at a time, after the International Olympic Committee awarded the media rights in Europe to Warner Bros Discovery.
BBC One will also broadcast a highlights round-up each evening, Tonight at the Games.
Who will be the commentator for the BBC?
BBC commentators will include Britain’s two most decorated female Olympians, Dame Laura Kenny and Dame Katherine Grainger, cycling great Sir Chris Hoy, retired heptathletes Dame Denise Lewis and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, as well as American four-time Olympic sprint gold medallist Michael Johnson and double Olympic boxing champion Nicola Adams. Sharron Davies will cover swimming as part of a team that includes double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington.
Who will be the BBC presenters and commentators?
Familiar BBC Sport faces in Paris include Hazel Irvine, Gabby Logan, Clare Balding, Mark Chapman, Isa Guha, Jeanette Kwakye and JJ Chalmers. However, due to the French Working Time Directive, they will not be able to work as usual at the Games. The BBC has also signed TV personality Fred Sirieix, whose daughter Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix is competing in the 10m diving events.
What about Eurosport pundits and commentators?
Laura Woods will lead Eurosport’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony and present the evening’s highlights programme Good evening Pariswhile Orla Chennaoui, known for leading Eurosport’s cycling coverage, will present the morning show Hello Paris.
British diver Tom Daley will join the Eurosport team after his competition, while the other sports specialists are: Adam Blythe (cycling), Shauna Coxsey (sport climbing), James Cracknell (rowing), Carl Frampton (boxing), Ugo Monye (rugby 7s), Lutalo Muhammad (taekwondo), Stef Reid (athletics), Laura Robson (tennis), Joanna Rowsell (cycling), Ellie Simmonds (swimming), Iwan Thomas (athletics) and Nile Wilson (gymnastics).
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