Olympic Coverage – Where to Watch our Curlers in Beijing

The information around Olympic coverage has been slow to emerge and is awkward to find but we have unearthed the following …

The main rights owner is Discovery and curling games will be broadcast on Discovery+ and their other channel Eurosport Player. You need a subscription to watch these channels. If you are tempted to subscribe to Discovery Plus UK, subscriptions are available for £6.99/month or £29.99/year. Other offers may be available for adding to any existing package.

The BBC has acquired rights to show two live streams from Beijing at any one time. The commentary team of Steve Cram, Rhona Howie, Jackie Lockhart, Logan Gray and Michael Goodfellow are lined up to cover all the curling games. Because the BBC have only got the rights for two live streams at a time, they will likely show most of the curling games on BBC1, BBC2 or the red button but may divert to cover other Team GB athletes when there are two other sports happening simultaneously.

Looking at schedules, the early Mixed Doubles games will be broadcast only on the red button, and in the sessions where there is no Team GB action the schedule shows “live coverage” so there may be other games broadcast from the ice cube in Beijing.

The published BBC Winter Olympics programme schedule from 4^th February looks like:

00:00 – 06:00: Ayo Akinwolere presents the overnight action on BBC1

06:00 – 09:00: Jeanette Kwakye presents live action on BBC2

09:15 – 12:00: Hazel Irvine leads coverage on BBC1

15:00: JJ Chalmers presents extended replays on BBC2

19:00: Clare Balding presents Today At The Games on BBC2

20:00 Aimee Fuller presents extended highlights on BBC3

We hope you enjoy the coverage when it starts and we note that several ice rinks and curling clubs are organising sessions for watching live games, so if you fancy watching with other curling fans, that could be a lot of fun.

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