Is this your idea of hell? Luckily you can stay home and still enjoy Glasto! (Picture: Getty)
Glastonbury. A true icon amongst music festivals, attracting everyone from Beyonce to Adele and Paul McCartney over the years.
Of course, being an icon, getting a ticket can seem nigh on impossible at times.
Alternatively, you might love the idea of days of varied music but grimace at the thought of multiple days spent out in the heat, among the mud and other unwashed festivalgoers.
Fortunately, there is a way you can enjoy the action from the comfort of your own home where there’s hopefully a much smaller queue to get a drink (or have a wee).
And that’s catching it all on the TV. When can you watch Glastonbury this year and will it all be shown?
How to watch Glastonbury on TV?
The BBC have revealed their full schedule for Glasto coverage – and it includes 40 hours of TV scheduling and 85 hours of radio coverage.
The broadcasts will also have a focus on accessibility, the BBC has declared, with Pyramid Stage performances streamed live in British Sign Language for the first time.
The BBC’s extensive 12-day coverage of the music festival will also include the return of the dedicated Glastonbury Channel on BBC iPlayer.
The acts confirmed to be shown on BBC’s TV channels so far include:
Arctic Monkeys
Guns N’ Roses
Elton John
Lizzo
Blondie
Fatboy Slim
Fred Again
Kelis
Lewis Capaldi
Måneskin
Raye
Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Wizkid.
More will be announced in due course.
Elton John will headline the festival on Sunday – and you can watch it all from home (Picture: David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Clara Amfo, Lauren Laverne, Jack Saunders and Jo Whiley will be leading up TV coverage over the duration of the festival.
How to watch on iPlayer
Fans can watch the same TV streams on iPlayer if they are watching from a laptop or tablet, but iPlayer will also have exclusive content not shown on the traditional TV channels.
Viewers will be able to navigate between live streams from five filmed stages: the Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies and Park stages.
Also, the BBC Glastonbury Webcam will have its own stream on iPlayer for the first time.
Lizzo is another artist surely to draw in a huge crowd – both in person and on TV! (Picture: Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)
It will launch at sunrise (4.30am) on Monday, June 19, letting excited festivalgoers and the curious watch the festival being set up ready for the arrival of thousands.
The BBC has also said that ‘over 90 sets and key tracks from the five filmed stages, as well as themed performance compilations, will be available to watch on demand on BBC iPlayer throughout the weekend.’
Content will remain on the platform for 30 days after broadcast.
Glastonbury TV schedule
Thursday, June 22:
Glastonbury 2023 coverage, 10pm, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer – coverage from Lauren Laverne and Jack Saunders, looking over the first couple days of the site being open.
Friday, June 23:
The One Show @ Glastonbury, 7pm, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Glastonbury 2023, 7.30pm, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer – Lauren Laverne and Clara Amfo live from the first full day of music
Carly Rae Jepsen & Maisie Peters, 7.30pm, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer
Glastonbury 2023, 9pm, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer – Clara Amfo and Jo Whiley prepare for the first headliners, the Arctic Monkeys, plus music from Royal Blood, Warpaint, Sparks
Fred Again, 9pm, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer
Digga D & Shygirl, 10pm, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer
Arctic Monkeys, 10.30pm, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
Wizkid & Stefflon Don, 11pm, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer
Saturday, June 24:
Tom Grennan and Aitch, 7pm, BBC Three and iPlayer
Lewis Capaldi and Lizzo, 9pm, BBC One and iPlayer
Central Cee and Loyle Carner 12:15am on BBC Three and iPlayer
Sunday, June 25
Blondie and Rick Astley, 5pm, BBC One and iPlayer
Elton John, 9pm, BBC One and iPlayer
How to listen to Glastonbury on the radio
The BBC will have a whopping 85 hours of coverage across Radio 1 and Radio 1 Dance, Radio 1Xtra, Radio 2, 6 Music, Asian Network and Radio 4.
6 Music will serve as the radio home of the festival by providing all-day coverage from Wednesday, June 21 to Sunday, June 25.
There’s also going to be some exciting live broadcasts merging regular programming with Glasto.
On Friday, June 23, Zoe Ball’s Radio 2 Breakfast Show will be broadcast live from the festival
On the same day, Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour will be broadcast live from Glastonbury for the first time ever.
Radio 2 will also release two special programmes dedicated to Sunday headliner Elton John.
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