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How to watch Glastonbury 2024 live, including channel and TV schedule

All the info you need to enjoy the UK's biggest festival from the comfort of your own home

Amy Houghton
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You might have missed out on Glastonbury tickets for 2024 but that doesn’t mean you can't still get in on some of the action. As ever, you can close your eyes and imagine you're at Worthy Farm with the help of TV and radio coverage of the festival. 

Whether you want to witness epic sets from Dua Lipa and Coldplay on the Pyramid Stage, or hoping to see the likes of Charli XCX, Fontaines DC, Nia Archives or Sampha across Glasto's other stages, here's everything you need to know about watching the event of the summer from home. 

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What channel is Glastonbury 2024 on?

You can watch all of the festival's highlights and headliner sets live on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four. The channel will feature 30-minute specials following the journeys of headliners including Dua Lipa and Shania Twain, from their Worthy Farm debut to their 2024 Pyramid Stage performances. 

Glastonbury 2024 TV schedule

Friday 

BBC Four 7.30pm Sugababes and Paul Heaton

BBC Two 7.30pm: Friday Night Part 1 featuring the Sugababes, Anne Marie and Paul Heaton

BBC Four 9pm: Dexys and PJ Harvey

BBC Two 9pm: Friday Night Part 2, featuring Dua Lipa

BBC Four 10.15pm: Idles

BBC One 10pm: Dua Lipa

BBC Four 11.30pm: Jungle

BBC Two 12.15am: Friday Night Part 4

Saturday

BBC Two 5pm: Saturday Night Part 1

BBC Four 7pm: Corinne Bailey Rae and The Last Dinner Party

BBC Four 8pm: Keane and Nitin Sawhney

BBC Two 9pm: Saturday Night Part 2

BBC Four 9.15pm: Orbital

BBC One 10pm: Coldplay

BBC Four 10.15pm: Jessie Ware

BBC Four 11.45pm: Disclosure

BBC Two midnight: Saturday Night Part 4

Sunday

BBC One 6.15pm: Shania Twain

BBC Four 7pm: Seasick Steve and Paloma Faith

BBC Two 7.30pm: Sunday Night Part 2

BBC Four 8.30pm: Steel Pulse and Brittany Howard

BBC Two 9pm: Sunday Night Part 3

BBC Four 9.45pm: The National

BBC One 10pm: SZA

BBC Four 11.15pm: Glastonbury 2024

BBC Two 11.45pm: Sunday Night Part 4

How to livestream this year’s festival

As with previous years, you’ll be able to catch most of the Glasto sets on BBC iPlayer, plus BBC radio stations. 

The BBC also has a non-stop, 24-hour Glastonbury channel that will be streaming nothing but festival content for the whole weekend. A brand new streaming channel, Glastonbury II, will bring viewers a round up of each day’s best bits.

Who is presenting this year’s coverage?

Clara Amfo, Jack Saunders, Jo Whiley and Lauren Laverne will be leading the BBC’s TV coverage over the weekend, but the wider broadcasting team also includes Annie Macmanus, Dermot O’Leary, Jamie Laing, Jamz Supernova, Nick Grimshaw, Sarah Story, SHERELLE, Vick Hope and Zoe Ball, plus many more. 

Can you listen to Glastonbury on the radio?

Of course you can! BBC Radio 6 Music will be where most coverage is happening but various Glastonbury bits will also be broadcast across BBC Radio 1, Radio 1 Dance and Radio 1Xtra, BBC Radio 2, Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.   

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