BBC Three will not show any live coverage from Glastonbury for the first time since it was relaunched as a TV channel.
- The big headliners Dua Lipa, Coldplay and Shania Twain are on BBC One
- Soak up the atmosphere each evening on BBC Two, which will dip in and out of various performances
- BBC Four will offer alternative coverage
- BBC iPlayer Glastonbury Channels to offer all available coverage options.
Following an agreement between the BBC and ITV dividing up the Group of 16 Euro 2024 games, the final schedules for the BBC’s TV coverage of Glastonbury has been confirmed.
BBC One will show Saturday’s nights headliners Coldplay – the performance would have been moved to BBC Two if the BBC was showing live football.
Across the three days of coverage (28-30th June), BBC One will showcase the main headliners, including Shania Twain in the Sunday legends slot, slightly earlier than the usual teatime slot, already starting at 3:45pm.
Scroll down for full listings across the three days.
BBC Two is the channel to enjoy the atmosphere of the music festival, with the channel offering a ‘Grandstand’-like service, dipping in to live and recorded performances, plus interviews and short films. Coverage is presented by Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders and Jo Whiley (pictured above).
BBC Four will show a selection of performances each evening.
But for the first time since BBC Three returned as a TV channel, BBC bosses have opted to leave the channel out of its live coverage.
▶ Compare 2022 and 2023 TV coverage.
Instead, BBC Three will showcase highlights next week, beginning with rock and indie performances on Tuesday 2nd July from 10pm.
Online TV coverage via BBC iPlayer
Online via the BBC iPlayer, in addition to live streams of the above TV channels, you can find all remaining televised performances that aren’t on BBC One, Two or BBC Four.
BBC iPlayer will offer 4K UHD coverage of the main performances on the Pyramid Stage, including Coldplay, plus a BSL channel with in-vision signing.
On Freely, Freesat, Freeview Play, Sky Q, Virgin Media and EE TV, the red button on BBC One and BBC Two will direct viewers to the iPlayer live streams. The old Red Button broadcast channel on older devices will not cover Glastonbury, in an arrangement first introduced in 2022.
▶ More information about the BBC iPlayer’s coverage
Glastonbury 2024: What’s on and when…
Schedules and timings are subject to change.
Friday 28th June
| BBC ONE | BBC TWO | BBC FOUR |
|---|---|---|
| 19:30 Sugababes, Anne-Marie, Paul Heaton, plus interviews with special guests | 19:30 Paul Heaton and Sugababes | |
| 21:00-22:30 Dua Lipa warm-up | 21:00 Dexys and PJ Harvey | |
| 22:30-00:15 Dua Lipa | 22:15 Idles 23:30-01:00 Jungle | |
| 00:15-02:00 Day One highlights plus performances from Idles and Fontaines D.C. |
BBC iPlayer & Connected Red Button: Glastonbury Channel (all day) with options to view live coverage and highlights from across the stages. BBC RB1 (Red Button channel for older devices) will NOT cover Glastonbury.
Saturday 29th June
| BBC ONE | BBC TWO | BBC FOUR |
|---|---|---|
| 17:00–21:00 Pop icon Cyndi Lauper and global popstar Camila Cabello are on stage. | 19:00 Corinne Bailey Rae and The Last Dinner Party 20:00 Keane and Nitin Sawhney | |
| 21:00-23:00 Little Simz, The Streets | 21:15 Orbital | |
| 22:00-00:00 Coldplay | 22:15 Jessie Ware 23:45-01:30 Disclosure | |
| 00:00-02:00 Highlights of Day Two |
BBC iPlayer & Connected Red Button: Glastonbury Channel (all day) with options to view live coverage and highlights from across the stages. BBC RB1 (Red Button channel for older devices) will NOT cover Glastonbury 2024.
Sunday 30th June
| BBC ONE | BBC TWO | BBC FOUR |
|---|---|---|
| 15:45-17:00 Shania Twain | ||
| 19:00-21:00 Janelle Monae, Avril Lavigne and Brittany Howard | 19:00 Seasick Steve and Paloma Faith 20:30 Steel Pulse and Brittany Howard | |
| 21:00-23:00 Burna Boy, Nia Archives and SZA | 21:45 The National | |
| 22:00-23:45 SZA | 23:15-00:30 Highlights | |
| 23:45-00:30 Highlights from Day Three |
BBC iPlayer & Connected Red Button: Glastonbury Channel (all day) with options to view live coverage and highlights from across the stages. BBC RB1 (Red Button channel for older devices) will NOT cover Glastonbury 2024.
After Glastonbury has finished, the BBC iPlayer will offer a highlights channel, plus all the weekend’s programmes on catch-up.
By: Marc Thornham | Image: BBC Glastonbury promotional image