How to watch the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony on TV and live stream
Catch the Olympic Games opening ceremony live on TV and online this weekend.
An Olympic Games opening ceremony captures audiences like nothing else, and we're going to see another extravaganza in Paris as they host the 2024 Olympics.
When London hosted the Olympics in 2012, around 27 million people in the UK tuned in for the opening ceremony, with a stunning 900 million worldwide also watching the spectacle.
This year's opening ceremony in Paris isn't a conventional event, with France opting against a stadium show and instead hosting the parade on the river Seine. They say they're expecting around 1.5 billion people to tune in to watch.
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Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has promised the ceremony will be "truly poetic" as France host their first summer Olympics since 1924.
Thousands of athletes competing in France this summer and numerous performing artists will travel down the Seine, go past iconic landmarks such as Notre-Dame de Paris and the Louvre, while heading towards the Eiffel Tower as the sun sets on Paris.
There will be over 500,000 spectators present and packing the banks of the Seine but for those who aren't lucky enough to be there, how can you watch another iconic Olympic Games opening ceremony?
RadioTimes.com brings you all the TV coverage details for the Olympic Games 2024 opening ceremony.
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How to watch the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony on TV
BBC One and discovery+ will show the Olympics 2024 opening ceremony as they hold the rights for the Games this summer.
Remember to get comfortable for the ceremony, as it's expected to last up to four hours.
Coverage begins on BBC One at 5:45pm on Friday 26th July and will run until 10pm.
Live stream Olympics 2024 opening ceremony online
BBC iPlayer and the BBC website will be streaming live and catch-up coverage of the action in Paris this summer.
discovery+ is the online streaming home of the Olympics this summer with every moment live on the platform.
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
