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UPDATED: BBC America’s coverage of the royal wedding will begin at 3 am on April 29. To find out how to watch or listen to the wedding wherever you are, click here.
Also: Royal Wedding Insider will be live-blogging the royal wedding. Get the scoop.
EARLIER: Set your alarms early for April 29. Today (March 16), BBC America has confirmed that the network will air Prince William and Kate Middleton‘s wedding, live and commercial-free, in a direct simulcast with BBC One in the UK.
According to the press release, BBC America “will carry extensive uninterrupted live coverage of the Royal Wedding on April 29. The live, commercial free broadcast will be a direct simulcast of BBC ONE’s coverage — BBC ONE is the BBC’s flagship channel in the UK. The broadcast of the wedding is the centerpiece of weeks of build-up on BBC AMERICA, which includes original production, Royally Mad, presented by Cat Deeley, an extensive slate of documentaries on the Royals, and three BBC World News America specials on the Modern Monarchy. More details of the Royal Wedding feed will be announced shortly.
“Perry Simon, GM Channels, BBC Worldwide America comments: ‘I am delighted that BBC AMERICA will give our viewers the opportunity to watch events in London live and without commercial breaks – just as if they were sitting in a British living room watching the BBC. From the moment the Royal Wedding was announced, we have committed BBC AMERICA to be the Home of the Royal Wedding, and our special wedding coverage is the perfect celebration of this momentous occasion.’
“BBC AMERICA’s telecast will feature commentary from acclaimed BBC ONE news anchor Huw Edwards, who will lead the BBC’s team of presenters throughout the day. Commenting on the news of his appointment, Edwards said: ‘I am delighted with the news and consider it a great honour to play a part in what I am sure will be a huge national celebration.’
“In recent years Edwards has been the BBC’s anchor for major state occasions such as 2004′s D-Day 60th anniversary, the Pope’s visit, Trooping the Colour, the State Opening of Parliament, Festival of Remembrance and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics and Commonwealth Games.”
We’ll post more details on BBC America’s coverage of the royal wedding as they become available…
38 Comments
Ok I just want to double check this because I am getting different answers. Would the wedding start at 7AM ET or 6AM ET? We just moved our clocks ahead (not England) last week and some sites I saw say that the Eastern time zone is 4 hours ahead, some say it 5. So that would make it the wedding 7AM ET/6AM CT/4AM PT or 6AM ET/5AM CT/3AM PT?
The clocks in the US change a couple of weeks ahead of the UK, so even though there is 4 hours difference now with ET, it will be back to 5 by the time of the wedding. It’s starting at 11AM in the UK so it’ll be 6AM ET, 5AM CT, 3AM PT. Hope that helps!
The Premier British Expat Community in NYC cant wait to celebrate the BIG DAY on 29th. We are already planning the party of the century with hats, Britishness and lots of banter. If you are in the NYC area, come join our mailing list for the latest news at http://bigapplebrits.com. YAY TO BBC America for bringing the live broadcast to our TV.
Will the wedding be available to watch online? I will be at work that day…
The big day is coming soon !
Okay so live coverage is at 3 a.m. PST (what is that daylight savings time?) on the west coast. Does anyone know when it will be broadcast, on what network at what time when the people who sleep at 3 a.m. can see it?
Will the wedding be re-broadcast throughout the day? I will watch the wedding before going to school; however, I would like for my students to view the ceremony throughout the day as their classes change. Has anyone heard anything at this point about a re-broadcasting of the great event?
Thank you.
I know now my friends and I ( four scottish ladies living in Ohio USA) will enjoy our royal wedding better now we plan to have a two day all dressed up hats and all to watch this wondewrful wedding
i send all my love and blessings to William and Kate have a wondeful loveing life together xx well done BBC
Can’t wait. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I will be up at switching on the TV on at 5am in New York. So excited as a Brit to be watching it on the BBC, the best channel ever! Can’t wait to crack open the champagne and sip on a mimosa, I don’t care how early it is! Good luck to the royal couple, they certainly seem in love. James, Brooklyn, U.S.A
BBC America Thank you yet again for broadcasting another national event live and commercial free. We ex-pats do appreciate it.
BBC America so looking forward to watching the royal wedding live, great !! on the BBC just like home.
Thank you so much BBC America for making this possible!! When Princess Diana passed away when I was 13, I was shocked and heartbroken. I watched the funeral with my mom on tv, I will never forget that day. I feel truly grateful to be able to witness the joyous occassion of the royal marriage of her son. Things have seemed to come full circle, and so my mother and I will be watching this together in Chicago on April 29th!
Is this available in the internet in the Philippines? Can I watch this here in the Philippines? Oh come one…I’ve been looking for sites already. I can’t still find even one. And this BBC One is not available in our country. Huh!
Thank you BBC.
CAN’T WAIT!!!
I will set my alarm for 3:00am also will have the DVR ready. Thanks BBC America for the coverage of William and Kate’s wedding!!!!
6 AM on the East Coast is 3 AM here on the West Coast.
6 AM on the East Coast is 11 AM in London.
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?month=4&day=29&year=2011&hour=6&min=0&sec=0&p1=263&p2=136
Hope BBCA will be showing the wedding through the weekend!