18-07-2023, 01:54 PM
(18-07-2023, 11:42 AM)Jon Wrote: Liverpool might be keen to host considering they lost out to Birmingham for 2022. London 2026 would arguably be good for the prestige element across other Commonwealth nations.
Wouldn’t there be binding contacts in place for 2026? Couldn’t the games take legal action against Victoria? Not that it would be good in terms of Commonwealth relations.
I think given how last minute if the UK hosts it would be Birmingham or Glasgow again to avoid any significant building. It would be too costly for Liverpool to step in so quick.
London a possibility but London automatically makes it more expensive.
(17-07-2023, 09:59 PM)RhysJR Wrote: Thinking of my own fantasy rota in my head, how was Breakfast presented for Athens 2004? It was the last Summer Games in a similar timezone to the UK but hosted outside the UK, so rather similar to next year. 2008 and 2020(+1) had sport all the way through, 2016 was very similar to normal Breakfast but hosted from the sport news studio, and 2012 was at the Olympic Park with added Hazel Irvine.
Looks like they didn't have Olympic Breakfast in 2004. Instead Olympic Grandstand began at 7am with Breakfast shifting to BBC2, but events generally beginning at 8am.
I suspect the one channel deal might see Olympic Breakfast from 6-8am then live coverage, with perhaps the news block starting at 8am on BBC2.