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1930s to 1950s. 1937. 21 June – The BBC broadcasts television coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for the first time. Pre-war daily broadcasts were half an hour to an hour in duration. [ 1] 1946. From this year, BBC television broadcasts Wimbledon live from 2-3pm in the afternoon until approximately 7.30pm in the evening. [ 2]
It was renamed Today at Wimbledon in 1990 and moved back to BBC2 in 1997 when it was allotted a fixed start time of 9.30 pm before moving again to an 8:30 pm slot in 2005 and the following year to an even earlier start time of 8.00 pm in 2006 as BBC2 schedules non-sports output between 9 pm and 10.30 pm. As a result, if significant matches last beyond that time the programme is usually cut ...
Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour. Footage of that historic match no ...
Wimbledon, watch out: You just made Novak Djokovic angry. Wimbledon order of play and Tuesday’s schedule. 12:00, Kieran Jackson. CENTRE COURT - 1:30PM. 1. Gentlemen’s Singles - Quarter-Finals
Wimbledon was also involved in a piece of television history, when on 1 July 1967 the first official colour television broadcast took place in the UK. Four hours live coverage of the 1967 Championships was shown on BBC Two, which was the first television channel in Europe to regularly broadcast in colour. Footage of that historic match no ...
The tennis world has returned to the gorgeous grass courts at All England Club for the oldest tournament in the world: Wimbledon 2023. The Wimbledon Women's Singles Final saw unseeded Markéta ...
Wimbledon live scores and updates as Coco Gauff and Venus Williams were knocked out on the opening day while there were wins for Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek Wimbledon 2023 LIVE: Coco Gauff and ...
Defending champion Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in the final, 7–6 (7–5), 1–6, 7–6 (7–4), 4–6, 13–12 (7–3) to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. At four hours and 57 minutes in length, it was the longest singles final in Wimbledon history. [1]