Wimbledon 2013

I thought that tennis or football had caused this to happen once before, but I'd be hard pushed to find any proof for that I'm afraid...

If I remember rightly last time it happened in the end the BBC3 airing did get pulled, but it was still put on the iPlayer.

Are there any other occasions when the same presenter is on two channels simultaneously with separate programmes?

That depends. What example are you thinking of?

The way that Sue Barker anchors separate shows on BBC1 and BBC2 at the same time. Other than the old days of Open University continuity being handled by one announcer on both networks, is Wimbledon the only time that that happens?

Sensibly Today at Wimbledon moves up to 10.25pm on BBC One this evening, instead of its original 11.35pm slot on BBC Two. Which ironically is where it should be every night.

Also, an updated version of Sue Barker's Murray documentary is airing Monday at 9.00pm.

You would expect big, big ratings for today's final. Great timing as well. All done and dusted well before 6.00pm so time for analysis with no disruption to schedules.

Possibly during the Olympics?

The Wimbledon network switching is quite clever (though a little easier now there isn't a separate BBC HD operation to worry about) Both networks go through the same truck, with the vision and sound mixers switched into and out of circuit to handle the presentation - with the same on-site BBC Sport director handling both networks. (There aren't separate BBC One and Two galleries sharing a studio)

Didn't they used to show the next ep of EastEnders first on BBC Three?

Mixed Doubles final causing a push back on BBC2's schedule tonight.

They had replaced Today at Wimbledon at 23:35 with James May on the Moon according to the EPG. I suspect it will be dropped for something shorter although there are repeats scheduled from 22:00 onwards.

Top Gear will follow the tennis.

Ridiculous EPG updates again this evening. The tennis was scheduled until 20:00 on BBC Two, when it came to 20:00 (and not a moment before) and the tennis was still being played, they updated the EPG to show the tennis finishing at 20:05 despite the fact it will take longer than that to wrap up the programme even if the tennis was to finish there and then.

At 20:05 they gave it until 20:10 and at 20:10 they gave it until 20:15. Why not just add 10 or 15 minutes when it was obviously going to overrun and then add another 10 minutes, 5 minutes before the EPG end time is reached?

My recording of Top Gear has started so it will have loads of tennis on the front of it now. If they updated the EPG once they knew that the tennis was going to overrun or just any time before 19:55 then it wouldn't mess thing up. What benefit is there in leaving the update to the last minute?

My EPG shows Top Gear 20:15. The recording is on pause waiting for the start of programme signal. Clever tellybox.

I think the theory is that a game in tennis can last less than 5 minutes, so they may well be off air in 5 (but of course they can last a lot longer), as I can't imagine them staying on air long after it finishes.

I wonder how many times during Wimbledon Sue Barker says either "BBC One" or "BBC Two"

I'm surprised she can keep track what channel she's on/the match she's talking about is on/the programme being moved is on...

Note the 'epic' credits to Wimbledon which are now a staple of BBC Sport, can anyone remember when they were first used, was it the Olympics 2008?