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What to Watch on TV

The dates of major athletics events are known months if not years in advance, however the times and channel on the BBC are often only available a week in advance and maybe subject to last minute change. The event is then available on iPlayer for one month. Many events are also broadcast by World Athletics, either live (free registration required) or later as video recordings on YouTube. World Athletics live events might be geo blocked, but may be available elsewhere. The Astana event was live on YouTube by Qazaq Athletics, even though geo blocked by WA to the UK. Many other events are also streamed live by the organisers. European Athletics stream events (mainly silver and bronze level) on Facebook Live.

Event
Location
Date
Broadcast
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Astana, KAZ
27 Jan 10-00 GMT
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Ostrava, CZE
30 Jan 16-00 GMT
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Boston, USA
4 Feb
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Torun, POL
6 Feb
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Lievin, FRA
10 Feb
WA Indoor Tour Gold
New York,USA
11 Feb
UK Indoor Champs
Birmingham
17-18 Feb
Seville Marathon
Andalusia, ESP
18 Feb
BBC Red Button (601) 7-15 to 10-00 am.
WA Indoor Tour Gold
Madrid, ESP
23 Feb
England XC Champs
Telford
24 Feb
Cancelled (Flooding)
WA Indoor Champs
Glasgow
1-3 Mar
BBC 2 (9-30 am. to 1 pm. and 6-30 to 10-00 pm.)
Tokyo Marathon
Tokyo, JPN
3 Mar
WA XC Champs
Beograd, SRB
30 Mar
Boston Marathon
Boston, USA
15 Apr
Diamond League
Xiamen, CHN
20 Apr
BBC Red Button (12:00 and 22:30) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ync1
London Marathon
London
21 Apr
Diamond League
Shanghai, CHN
27 Apr
BBC Red Button (12:00 and 22:30)
WA Relays
Nassau, BS
4-5 May
Diamond League
Doha, QAT
10 May
BBC 2 (17:00) Red Button (19:50 repeated)
Diamond League
Rabat, MOR
19 May
BBC 3 (19:00) Repeated on Red Button (601)
Diamond League
Eugene, USA
25 May
BBC 3 (21:00)
Diamond League
Oslo, NOR
30 May
BBC 3 (19:00)
Diamond League
Stockholm, SWE
2 Jun
BBC 2 (17:00)
European Outdoor Champs
Rome, ITA
7-12 Jun
BBC Red Button (morning and evening sessions)
UK Outdoor Champs
Manchester
29-30 Jun
BBC Red Button (starts 11:20 both days, finals Saturday evening & Sunday afternoon)
Diamond League
Paris, FRA
7 Jul
BBC Red Button (Sunday 22:00 repeated on Monday)
Diamond League
Monaco, MCO
12 Jul
BBC Red Button (Friday 22:00 repeated Saturday morning)
Diamond League
London
20 Jul
BBC 1 (Saturday 13:15 to 17:00)
Olympic Games
Paris, FRA
1-11 Aug
Main events start 2 Aug, morning (9 am. – 12 pm.) and evening (5-9 pm.) on BBC1 and Red Button (601). However, BBC will not show all events as Discovery have bought the TV rights.
Diamond League
Lusanne, SUI
22 Aug
BBC2 (Thursday 19:00 to 21:00)
Diamond League
Chorzow, POL
25 Aug
BBC2 (Sunday 15:00 to 17:00)
WA U20 Championships
Lima, PER
27-31 Aug
BBC Red button (601) Afternoon and late night sessions.
Diamond League
Rome, ITA
30 Aug
BBC2 (Friday 19:00 to 21:00)
Diamond League
Zurich, SUI
5 Sep
BBC2 (Thursday 19:00 to 21:00)
Great North Run
Newcastle
8 Sep
BBC1 (Sunday 10:00 to 14:00), highlights BBC2 (Sunday 18:00 to 19:00)
Diamond League Finals
Brussels, BEL
13-14 Sep
BBC2 (Friday 19:00 to 21:00) and BBC3 (Saturday 19:00 to 21:00)
Berlin Marathon
Berlin, GER
29 Sep
New York Marathon
New York, USA
3 Nov
European XC Champs
Antalya, TUR
8 Dec
BBC Red Button (601) Sunday 7:55 am. to 13:30 pm.