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Update - BBC TV coverage, WAG European Gymnastics Championships

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More information is now available about the BBC's coverage of the upcoming European Championships. In addition to the red button transmissions which I listed earlier (details repeated below) there is now also terrestrial TV on BBC1 on Saturday 19th May.


Red button :

Saturday 12th May 14.00 - 16.30 European Team Gymnastics

Sunday 13th May 12.45 - 16.30 European Team Gymnastics (12.45-16.00 on Freeview)

BBC1 :

Saturday 19th May, 14.30 - 16.30

Do please check these details in your local guides and make sure you are not missing out; they may be incomplete, or the timings may change.  I'm afraid that the information given on the BBC website is minimal - I will take a guess that the red button on Saturday and Sunday will cover Team Finals (Saturday) and EF (Sunday) live.  There may be some repeats or highlights factored in, explaining the rather long duration on the Sunday.

The BBC's website does not suggest that the live red button programmes will be available terrestrially and I would be grateful if you could keep your eyes open for this and post updates in comments - I will be doing the same!

The Saturday 19th May coverage will most probably be a two hour highlights package.

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