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BBC to Stream Wimbledon 2026 Across TV, iPlayer, Radio

6/26/2026

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BBC Broadcasts Wimbledon

The BBC will broadcast Wimbledon 2026 on iPlayer and radio.
Isa Guha will host morning slot and Clare Balding afternoon slot on BBC Two and BBC One from 29 June.
Russell Fuller and Gigi Salmon will commentate for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova will serve as analysts.
Andy Stevenson will host wheelchair finals on Wimbledon Extra, which will stream 18 courts on iPlayer.

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Wimbledon Prize Surge

Wimbledon’s 2026 prize fund rose to £64.2 million, the largest annual increase ever.
Singles champions will each receive £3.6 million; first-round losers £80,000; qualifying over £6 million.
BBC iPlayer will add an audio-described Centre Court feed co-designed with blind and partially-sighted users.
Six British men—Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones, Toby Samuel, Harry Wendelken, Felix Gill—and six British women—Harriet Dart, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Katie Swan, Mimi Xu—have received main-draw wild-cards.

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BBC Secures Wimbledon

A new deal keeps Wimbledon on free-to-air BBC TV, radio and online through 2033.
The 2026 Championships mark the BBC’s 100-year Wimbledon broadcast anniversary, first aired in 1927.
BBC Sport logged 69.3 million requests for the 2025 event, beating the 54.3 million 2023 record.
Andre Agassi, Genie Bouchard and Laura Robson will join the 2026 Wimbledon TV commentary team.
Centre Court matches will be broadcast in Ultra-HD for the first time in 2026.

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BBC Broadcasts Wimbledon

The BBC will broadcast Wimbledon 2026 on iPlayer and radio.
Isa Guha will host morning slot and Clare Balding afternoon slot on BBC Two and BBC One from 29 June.
Russell Fuller and Gigi Salmon will commentate for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.
John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova will serve as analysts.
Andy Stevenson will host wheelchair finals on Wimbledon Extra, which will stream 18 courts on iPlayer.

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