First Dates star Fred Sirieix will join BBC presenters for their coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympics. The former I’m A Celebrity..
. Get Me Out Of Here! contestant, whose daughter, Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix, is a diver at the games for Team GB, will be part of the studio line-up to comment on the games. Presenting the corporation’s TV coverage will be Clare Balding, Gabby Logan, Hazel Irvine, Isa Guha, Jeanette Kwakye, JJ Chalmers, and Mark Chapman.
The UK’s most decorated female Olympian, Laura Kenny, British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers, Olympic gold medallist Moe Sbihi, and Olympic bronze medallist Vicky Holland are among joining the guest line-up. Former gymnast Beth Tweddle, former cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, former track and field athlete Dame Denise Lewis, retired heptathlete Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, four-time US gold medallist Michael Johnson, and former swimmer Rebecca Adlington will also share their analysis and expertise. Adrian Chiles, Eleanor Oldroyd, Kelly Cates, Mark Chapman, Naga Munchetty, and Tony Livesey, will lead BBC Radio 5 Live’s coverage.
The BBC will provide live TV coverage of all 32 events at the games on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer, with a nightly highlights programme recapping the action from each day. Alex Kay-Jelski, director of BBC Sport, said: “For the first time since London 2012 we have an Olympic Games taking place in a European time zone, which is really exciting for UK audiences. “People can tune in to live coverage morning, noon.
