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Channel 4 expands Paralympics coverage

16 August 2021
Channel 4 Paralympics Tokyo

More 4 becomes a dedicated team sports channel for the Tokyo Paralympics, with Channel 4 to screen over 1,300 hours of coverage across its outlets.

Live presentation will be split between Leeds and Tokyo. With Tokyo eight hours ahead of BST, More 4 will show coverage of all Team Sports in a seven hour daytime block, starting from 07:00. Live presentation will be split between Leeds and Tokyo.

At the end of each day, The Last Leg, which debuted at London 2012, will return for a nightly run.

In total, 300 hours of coverage will be shown on Channel 4 and More 4, and 1,000 hours of coverage through online streaming. ParalympicsGB will have 228 athletes competing in 19 of the 22 sports.

The Paralympics run from 24th August – 5th September 2021. Unlike the Olympics, Channel 4 has full and exclusive UK rights, so will be able to offer full coverage. Channel 4 has been the home of the Paralympics since London 2012.

Coverage begins at 11:00 on Tuesday 24th August, with live coverage of the Opening Ceremony with Ade Adepitan and Baroness Grey-Thompson.

On Channel 4

07:30 Paralympic Breakfast – with Arthur Williams and Steph McGovern in Leeds.

09:00 Paralympics Live – presented by Clare Balding in Leeds and Vick Hope, Sophie Morgan and Lee Mackenzie in Tokyo.

17:00 Tokyo Today – with Ade Adepitan in Tokyo reviews the day’s events from a specially rigged ‘Tokyo Taxi’.

19:30 Gold Rush – with Clare Balding in Leeds.

22:00 The Last Leg – live from London, with Rosie Jones in Tokyo.

00:00-07:00 Overnight live sport

On More 4

07:00-14:00: Team Sports – live coverage with JJ Chalmers and Ed Jackson, including Wheelchair Basketball and Wheelchair Rugby.

Online

Paralympics streaming portal: 16 streams of coverage available at https://paralympics.channel4.com – every sport shown live

All 4: TV coverage from Channel 4 and More 4

Accessibility

100% of Channel 4 and More 4 coverage will have subtitles, plus subtitles will be available on over 500 hours of streamed content.

[image: Channel 4]

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