The BBC will offer more than 450 hours of live coverage of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics across television, radio, and digital platforms. From February 6 to 22, audiences can follow events on BBC One, BBC Two, iPlayer, and more, with dedicated streams and updates. The coverage includes highlights from sports like alpine skiing, biathlon, and figure skating, featuring Team GB athletes.
The 2026 Winter Olympics, hosted in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, will run from Friday, February 6, to Thursday, February 22. The BBC Sport team has outlined comprehensive programming to capture the action, starting with the Opening Ceremony at San Siro Stadium in Milan on February 6. Performers including Mariah Carey and Andrea Bocelli will feature, alongside ceremonies in other locations like Predazzo, Livigno, and Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Television coverage begins daily on BBC One from 9am to 12pm, hosted by Hazel Irvine, and 2pm to 5:15pm with Jeanette Kwakye. BBC Two will air from 1pm to 2pm and 5:15pm to 10pm, led by Clare Balding. An Olympics Extra live digital stream runs from 8am to 11pm each day on iPlayer. BBC Radio 5 Live provides audio coverage with Katie Smith and Maz Farookhi, including interviews and reactions.
The schedule spans 11 days of competition across 16 sports. Alpine skiing medals start on February 7 with the men's downhill, followed by women's on February 8. Biathlon events, combining skiing and shooting, begin February 8 and feature Team GB's Jacques Jefferies and Shawna Pendry. Bobsleigh highlights include Adele Nicoll in the women's monobob on February 16, marking her as the first British woman in the event at the Olympics.
Cross-country skiing sees Andrew Musgrave in the men's skiathlon on February 8. Curling, active throughout, spotlights Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds in mixed doubles. Figure skating hopes rest on Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson in ice dance, aiming for Britain's first medal since 1994. Freestyle skiing includes Kirsty Muir and Zoe Atkin from February 7.
Other sports like ice hockey, luge, nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, and speedskating fill the calendar, with full details on the BBC Sport website and app. Digital offerings include day-by-day guides, medal tables, live text, and social media updates for real-time engagement.
