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A spectacular summer of programmes on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 5 live

Jonathan Wall

Controller, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds

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It’s been a hectic week at 5 live HQ in Salford.

From referendum debates in Ipswich and Dover, to reporting from Louisville for Muhammad Ali’s funeral, to plans for a programme from St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the Queen’s 90th birthday tomorrow, and then of course we have the start of our very busy sporting summer.

Thierry Henry is our special guest tomorrow night for the opening match of Euro 2016 as the hosts France get things started against Romania.

Meanwhile, down in the South of France, Alan Green will be putting in final preparation for the commentary of England v Russia on Saturday night.

Before that, 5 live and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Wales will have joined together to broadcast the Saturday afternoon Wales v Slovakia game in Bordeaux.

After two years of planning, we just hope the home nations can perform well and inspire our listeners, unlike the World Cup when England were out before the tournament had really got going.

So our guarantee in June is to deliver comprehensive coverage of both Euro 2016, and that other major European issue, the EU referendum.

How far will the home nations progress, and what will the fallout from the referendum result be? Our listeners will get the best analysis from our football and political experts.

We’ll be live in Rio for both the Olympics and Paralympics – the only British station delivering both events. We will have live coverage of the Olympics from lunchtime each day through until the early hours of the morning. At 6am, 7am and 8am, you can wake up to a half an hour digest of the overnight sport you may have missed.

We’ll also be in Iraq this summer to get local reaction to publication of the Chilcot report.

Tony Livesey and Eleanor Oldroyd team up with tennis correspondent Russell Fuller to guide us all through Wimbledon, Jennie Gow leads our F1 team at the big races including the British Grand Prix, and Iain Carter and his golf producer Jamie Peacock not only have an Open championship to prepare for, but the US Open too.

Anna Foster will host a fascinating new programme all about families and fertility. Judge Rob Rinder is back with his show lifting the lid on the legal world, and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arts Editor Will Gompertz is also back with another series on the UK arts stories of the summer.

After the busy summer, we will then be introducing some new presenters to our 5 live team as well as reuniting one of the great radio partnerships of a generation.

Peter Allen and Jane Garvey will present a new Sunday show reflecting on the stories of the week, which they are really looking forward to.

Emma Barnett gets a regular daytime slot presenting 5 live Daily every Wednesday to Friday, with Adrian Chiles continuing on Monday and Tuesdays.

I’m also delighted to welcome Nihal Arthanayake to 5 live who joins us from the Asian Network. Nihal will partner Sarah Brett on our Afternoon Edition show.

I really believe that in Emma and Nihal we have been developing two of the real star performers in UK radio and I know they will fit in well to our team.

Here are just ten of the highlights of a huge summer.

1. Rio Olympics 17 days of exclusive coverage of the key moments on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 live and 5 live sports extra. The station brings Olympic medallist Jonathan Edwards to the presentation team and the top line-up of experts include Olympians Victoria Pendleton, Darren Campbell, Karen Pickering and Mark Hunter.     

2. Paralympics More than 80 hours of live and exclusive coverage from the 2016 Paralympics with a commentary team led by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. ParalympicsGB’s medal hopes are high after a stunning Games at London 2012 and 5 live will bring you all the glory of every golden moment.   

3. Euro 2016 5 live brings listeners 23 days of live European Championship football. German goalkeeping legend Jens Lehmann joins the 5 live team, with Chris Waddle, Robbie Savage, Jermaine Jenas, Neil Lennon, John Hartson and Gerry Taggart also in France for the station.

4. EU Referendum Insight and explanation of the campaign from every corner of the UK to help listeners make up their minds. Live results night programme and next day reaction with what it means for you.

5. 5 Life From the struggle to conceive a child to the pains of pregnancy and the miracle of birth, 5 live’s Anna Foster looks at life and loss, families and fertility, reflecting on her own experiences as a mum of two young children in this fascinating new series. 

6. Wake Up To Money - Sports Edition  Business presenterAdam Parsons launches a new edition of 5 live’s popular finance programme, focusing on the business of sport.

7. Chilcot report - Return to Iraq As the inquiry into the UK’s involvement in Iraq reports its findings after seven years, 5 live returns to the country to examine the long term impact of the conflict and catch up with some of the people we met shortly after the war.

8. Wimbledon All the action from SW19, led by 5 live Sport’s award-winning sports presenter Eleanor Oldroyd and Drive presenter Tony Livesey. Plus phone-in show 6 Love 6 is back giving listeners the chance to put their points to John McEnroe. Seriously.

9. Summer of golf  Live coverage of 4 huge tournaments: US Open, Open Championship, US PGA and the Ryder Cup. Presenter John Inverdale and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ golf correspondent Iain Carter.

10. Premier League 16/17 The new Premier League season on 5 live will bring more live commentaries than any other radio station – up next season from 128 to 144 matches. The home of football will bring the rivalry of new manager Jose Mourinho at Manchester United facing Pep Guardiola at Manchester City, plus all the anticipation around last season’s champions - Leicester City.

Jonathan Wall is Controller, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 5 live.

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