31st London Marathon on the BBC
March 31, 2011 · 4 Comments
The BBC will broadcast live coverage of the 31st Virgin London Marathon on Sunday, 17th April. Sue Barker will present continuous live coverage of the event from the starting-line at 8:30am as the elite athletes and fun-runners assemble for the world-famous race. Coverage transfers to BBC One from 10:15am through to 2pm.
There will be enhanced coverage on the BBC Red Button and on the BBC Sport website where viewers can choose which race they watch with a choice of commentaries. Then from 12noon there is continued coverage of the finish, plus an hour’s additional/extra coverage once BBC One finishes at 2pm.
The early coverage picks up the elite races as the competitors make their way through the streets of the capital. Ethiopia’s Tsegaye Kebede won the men’s race 12 months ago, finishing over a minute clear of Kenya’s Emmanuel Mutai. Kebede will be back in London once again, as will Liliya Shobukhova, who held off fellow Russian Inga Abitova to win the women’s title.
In the men’s wheelchair race, home hopes will again rest with David Weir, who missed out on a fifth successive victory last time around after suffering a puncture.
The event is of course not just about elite athletes. Since 1981, fun-runners have raised over a half a billion pounds for charity, last year 36,550 runners completed the 26.2-mile course, earning a record total of £50.6m for good causes.
Joining Sue Barker will be on-course reporters Denise Lewis and Sonali Shah who join the team for the first time this year. Alongside them will be Katharine Merry, Colin Jackson and Phil Jones. Commentary comes from Steve Cram, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickenson and Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.
Jonathan Edwards will introduce a one hour highlights programme of the event at 6pm on BBC Two later in the evening.
Tags: David Weir, Steve Cram, Sue Barker, Virgin London Marathon
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Some of the coverage is of some of the charity runners stories. How do you contact the BBC regarding this?
Hi there, this is probably the best starting point for you : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/3701180.stm
Cheers
David @ touchline.tv
Thank you
I wish to protest about the shocking coverage on the BBC!
We all want to see friends and family. Not helicopter shots or the many other views where it is impossible to identify runners. Sloppy and badly thought out!