Six Nations 2024: Guide to BBC Cymru Wales coverage
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Guinness Six Nations: England v Wales |
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Venue: Twickenham, London Date: Saturday, 10 February Kick-off: 16:45 GMT |
Coverage: Coverage: Watch live on S4C and iPlayer; listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, BBC Radio Wales & Radio Cymru; text commentary on BBC Sport website and app. Highlights from 18:00 GMT, 11 February on Scrum V, Sunday, BBC Two Wales and online, and later on demand |
Wales' 2024 Six Nations opener was live on BBC One, S4C, BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru, online and via the BBC Sport app.
Warren Gatland's side hosted Scotland on Saturday, 3 February (16:45 GMT).
That coverage will be replicated when France and Italy also visit Cardiff in March.
S4C will also show Wales facing England live at Twickenham on Saturday, 10 February and Ireland v Wales in Dublin 14 days later.
New features will join familiar programmes, podcasts and content being broadcast in the build-up to, and during, the tournament.
BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru will also have comprehensive coverage.
Scrum V will bring highlights and analysis of all the action on BBC Two Wales each tournament Sunday. The programmes will also be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
The Scrum V podcast will have Six Nations editions, which will also be available on BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website.
Online, on the BBC Sport app and on social media, fans will be able to follow all of the action with up to date news, features and videos.
BBC One Wales
Live coverage of Wales' games against Scotland, France and Italy.
There was also be a special preview programme to this year's tournament with with Sarra Elgan's Six Nations Preview on BBC One and BBC One Wales, including interviews with Wales boss Gatland, Scotland fly-half Finn Russell, Ireland's head coach Andy Farrell, France defence coach Shaun Edwards, England prop Ellis Genge and Italy scrum-half Stephen Varney.
Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas return with the sixth series of Six Nations Sin Bin, aimed to enthuse, excite and build up the hype ahead of each Six Nations weekend with some amazing celebrity guests.
BBC Two Wales
On the Sunday after each game, there will be a Scrum V Six Nations Special looking back at Wales' games as well as the other matches that weekend, presented by Lauren Jenkins.
BBC Radio Wales
Every game will be live on BBC Radio Wales and Sounds while Ken Owens will join Wynne Evans on Friday's before each Wales game to answer audience questions in "Ask Ken."
Also Lucy Owen will be reflecting the unique atmosphere of a Cardiff matchday on her new Saturday afternoon programme hearing fan thoughts and predictions from supporters outside the stadium.
BBC Sounds
The Scrum V Podcast - hosted by Gareth Rhys Owen and Lauren Jenkins - will have all the Six Nations news and views throughout every week of the tournament.
BBC Radio Cymru
In the Welsh language, BBC Radio Cymru will have live coverage of every Wales game and Dros Frecwast will be building up to all the games as well as looking back at previous matches.
TV and BBC iPlayer
You can also enjoy replays of some iconic Wales Five and Six Nations games with Wales v Scotland from 1988 and Wales v England in 1993 to savour on the eve of this year's games against the two countries.
Digital and online
Fans can follow Wales along every step of the way on the BBC Sport app and online with BBC Sport Wales.
In addition to live text pages and match reports on all games, there will be daily content including news, features, videos and blogs, not to mention a wealth of social media content during the build-up and throughout the tournament.
News
BBC Wales News and Cymru Fyw will have all the daily updates, as well as features throughout the competition and there will be news coverage of all the games.
Newyddion S4C and Wales Today and the radio stations will also be covering every aspect of the Six Nations.
Wales' 2024 Six Nations fixture list
All times are GMT unless stated and are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.
Saturday, 3 February
Wales v Scotland (Principality Stadium, Cardiff), 16:45
Saturday, 10 February
England v Wales (Twickenham, London), 16:45
Saturday, 24 February
Ireland v Wales (Aviva Stadium, Dublin), 14:15
Sunday, 10 March
Wales v France (Principality Stadium, Cardiff), 15:00
Saturday, 16 March
Wales v Italy (Principality Stadium, Cardiff), 14:15
