The BBC has confirmed which presenters will anchor its TV coverage of the Queen's state funeral. Huw Edwards, Kirsty Young and David Dimbleby are among those who will be leading the corporation's programming on Monday, September 19.
Coverage will run from 8am until 5pm on BBC One and iPlayer. BBC Two will be offering BSL signed coverage.
Edwards - who broke the historic news of the Queen's death for the BBC live on air on September 8 - and Fergal Keane will be reporting from London, while Young and Dimbleby will be stationed in Windsor. Several reports will be covering the proceedings elsewhere including Sophie Raworth at Parliament Square, Anita Rani at the Long Walk at Windsor and JJ Chalmers at Wellington Barracks.
Scottish broadcaster Allan Little will be inside Westminster Abbey while sports radio presenter Eleanor Oldroyd will be at St George’s Chapel. Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond will provide analysis and a host of famous faces will also commentate from different points along the procession route including Naga Munchetty, Ken Bruce, Mishal Husain, Emma Barnett, Clive Myrie and Adele Roberts.
BBC viewers will be able to see the funeral service at Westminster Abbey, the procession escorting the late monarch through London to Wellington Arch and then on to Windsor Castle, and the committal service at St George’s Chapel. BBC World Service English will broadcast the main events of the procession, the funeral and the committal service.
Meanwhile a special radio programme presented by Martha Kearney will capture the key events in London and Windsor. The programme will be broadcast simultaneously on BBC Sounds, and the BBC’s array of radio stations including the channels for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will air coverage at various times throughout the day.
The two-minute silence during the funeral service will be observed across all live stations, the BBC has said. In the run-up to the funeral the corporation is livestreaming the Queen's lying-in-state at Westminster Hall.
