2024 Olympics Coverage
Check out what the BBC has in store for the 2024 Paris Olympics:
BBC Paris Update
A century since it last hosted the Olympics, Paris is set to welcome another summer of sport with the 2024 Olympics. The City of Light will play host to the best of the world’s in the biggest sporting event ever held in France. BBC Paris Update will have the latest results and stories as athletes bid for gold and a place in Olympic history.
Broadcast Details:
Available daily Saturday 27 July to Sunday 11 August (inclusive).
Duration: 3 minutes
Broadcast window: daily from 19:00 ET (23:00 GMT) until 05:00 ET (09:00 GMT) the following day
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Olympic Specials
Additionally, the BBC has curated a collection of new and encore specials highlighting Olympic athlete stories from around the world. Check out the full list of specials here.
All specials can be downloaded from the BBC Partner Site.
August Documentaries
The full list of available BBC documentaries can be found here. Look for these specials and their promos on Content Depot.
World Book Club: Paul Auster – The New York Trilogy
August 3 – September 6, 2024
One hour
Another chance to hear Harriett Gilbert talking to bestselling American writer Paul Auster, who died earlier this year (on 30th April 2024). Paul Auster joined Harriett in 2012, with a literary festival audience and readers from around the world, to discuss his acclaimed work The New York Trilogy, three brilliant variations on the classic detective story. Hear what readers made of Paul and his novel and what happened when another Paul Auster stood up to introduce himself to the Paul Auster on the stage – a very New York Trilogy occurrence.
Discussion and Documentary: The Engineers – Intelligent Machines
August 10 – August 16, 2024
One hour
Intelligent machines are remaking our world and are the technological revolution of our era. The speed of their improvement is accelerating fast and every day there are more things they can do better than us. There are risks, but the opportunities for human society are enormous. Three engineers at the forefront of that revolution come to London to join Kevin Fong and a public audience at the Great Hall of Imperial College.
Under Ash – Uncovering Maui’s Past
August 17 – September 13, 2024
One hour
In August of 2023, the tourist epicentre of the Hawaiian island of Maui caught fire and the blaze engulfed 2,000 houses, 800 businesses and took the lives of at least 115 people. But the history of the town of Lahaina means it did not go from being the lush and prosperous capital of Hawai’i it once was to disappearing through flames overnight. Born and raised on the island of Maui, Pūlama Kaufman returns there and, with cultural leader Hokulani Holt, they ask questions about the hidden stories of mistreatment, illegal ownership and cultural stripping that may have contributed to seeing Lahaina hidden under ash.
The Forum: Diary keeping
August 31 – September 27, 2024
One hour
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people found that keeping a diary was one way of reducing stress during uncertain times. They also felt that it was important to chart their day to day experience of a historic moment in world history. Such diaries will be valuable sources in years to come for historians, providing future scholars with a glimpse into the lives of ordinary people. Iszi Lawrence explores what motivates people to keep diaries. She’s joined by a panel of experts including Dr Polly North, Founding Director of the Great Diary Project at Bishopsgate Institute in the UK.