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BBC outlines Glastonbury plans
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 1 June 2023
The BBC has announced more details about its Glastonbury coverage for this year which, it says, will include “over 40 hours of coverage across our TV channels to our audiences, as well as over 85 hours of live radio broadcasts, in addition to content on BBC Sounds”
In terms of what is happening on the BBC Sounds app, well “new podcasts, collections and playlists will be available”, we are told.
Meanwhile “BBC iPlayer will present an expanded, twelve-day celebration of the festival, featuring over 40 hours of coverage … in addition to numerous streams and classic Glastonbury performances”.
Also in the iPlayer, the BBC adds, “for the first time, we will be streaming Pyramid Stage performances live in British Sign Language, making our coverage more accessible than ever before”.
Commenting on all this, Glastonbury’s Emily Eavis says: “We’ve worked in partnership with the BBC since 1997 and they’ve become an incredibly valuable part of what we do at Glastonbury”.
“I think we’ve created something really special together”, she adds, “and we’re delighted that they’re continuing to evolve their coverage with additions such as streaming Pyramid Stage performances live in British Sign Language. We’re looking forward to welcoming them to the farm [this month] and here’s to many more Glastonburys together”.
