The broadcaster revealed plans for a mixture of documentaries, news programming and a special edition of Come Dine With Me to mark the marriage between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
I am unsure whether Channel 5 will bother, as they could offer the alternative to watching Royal News, Entertainment, programmes, LIVE pictures etc etc and provide just a Bank Holiday schedule which is pulling TWS off and filling it with repeats and then early aussie soaps and a afternoon film.
So, Channel 5 are covering the Royal Wedding, with their main 5News Anchors Emma Crosby and Matt Barbet fronting the coverage.
I am surprised but pleased both Matt & Emma will front it and not an OKTV! production. So according to this it is going to be updates rather than rolling coverage perhaps so Australian soaps will probably run at the same time, Vanessa maybe dropped or delayed with LIVE updates either side rather than an afternoon movie.
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On Friday April 29, Matthew Wright will present a special edition of The Wright Stuff, with royal commentators on the panel and live links to Westminster Abbey.
The 5 News coverage will be led by Emma Crosby and Matt Barbet, who will provide live updates throughout the day. Barbet will broadcast just outside Buckingham Palace, while Crosby will be in Middleton's hometown of Bucklebury, Berkshire.
So, Channel 5 are covering the Royal Wedding, with their main 5News Anchors Emma Crosby and Matt Barbet fronting the coverage.
I am surprised but pleased both Matt & Emma will front it and not an OKTV! production. So according to this it is going to be updates rather than rolling coverage perhaps so Australian soaps will probably run at the same time, Vanessa maybe dropped or delayed with LIVE updates either side rather than an afternoon movie.
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The core wedding events are between 10am and 1pm - the hour before and after the 11am wedding - so they could cover it and be off air by 1.15pm (assuming Five are airing their soaps that day).
As for who I will watch - I tend to be an ITV person for the big events, and they usually cover them better than they get the credit for. I suspect too only BBC1 and ITV1 will offer a completely clean feed. C5 will only have the DOG I guess, but it's C5, while I'd be surprised if Sky do the sensible thing and remove their graphics for the event - and knowing Sky they'll stick a "Watch in HD on Sky News HD" tag on screen throughout.
The core wedding events are between 10am and 1pm - the hour before and after the 11am wedding - so they could cover it and be off air by 1.15pm (assuming Five are airing their soaps that day).
Yes Neighbours are meant to have a reference to the Wedding, but how that will work when they are 20 episodes ahead I am not sure.
Just to round up the latest schedule details on Royal Wedding Day which are now starting to emerge on Digiguide:
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SPECIAL INTEREST: The Royal Wedding
On: BBC 1 London (101)
Date: Friday 29th April 2011 (starting in 18 days)
Time: 08:30 to 16:00 (7 hours and 30 minutes long)
(Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles)
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ITV's Royal Wedding coverage looks like it'll last from 08:30 to 18:00, but is still listed as To Be Announced.
Channel 5 look like they will have OK! TV Royal Wedding specials through the day.
Sky News will have a special Royal Wedding Sunrise, followed by live coverage of the day's events from 10am to 5pm.
CNN's coverage will be anchored by Richard Quest and Piers Morgan from 6am-3pm.
Radio-wise, BBC Radio 4 have coverage scheduled between 10:00-13:00 and Radio Five Live's will be hosted by Victoria Derbyshire, Richard Bacon and Gabby Logan from 10:00-15:00, I imagine BBC locals might dip into some of this coverage, or offer a local angle like coverage from street parties.
Meanwhile, BBC Radio 2 are also taking part in the celebrations with Chris Evans hosting a special programme from 08:00-11:00 including Chas Hodges of Chas n Dave.
Of course, at this early stage, schedule details are subject to amendment.
Will broadcasters have special graphics for the event or would they use their news graphics? It would probably cost them but I don't know whether investing in this would make them anything.
Sky News I would expect probably most graphics will be on air and HD (not that I have it) will have their extra bit on most of the time maybe for other news that maybe be significant on the day.
Anybody reckon DOG s will be used on the terrestrial channels?
The current updated BBC One schedule for the day (NOT FINAL):
6.00 Breakfast
8.00 The Royal Wedding
1.40 BBC News
2.00 Regional News
2.10 The Royal Wedding
4.00 Regional News
4.05 Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
4.35 Film: Shrek
6.00 BBC News
6.30 Regional News
7.00 The One Show
8.00 EastEnders
8.30 The Royal Wedding - Highlights
10.00 BBC News