There will be extensive and comprehensive coverage of rugby league on BBC TV, Radio and Online as the sport marks two decades since the switch to play in the summer months.
The Super League Show, the only terrestrial TV show dedicated to the sport, returns to BBC One. The programme is the most watched weekly rugby league programme on TV.
BBC Sport will once again show the Challenge Cup on television, having broadcast the competition since 1948, and coverage of the Four Nations with all England games and the final of the tournament live, and extensive highlights of all the other matches.
And BBC Radio 5 live, and its sister station 5 live sports extra, will offer live commentary and coverage on both the Super League and the Challenge Cup.
Charles Runcie, Head of Sport for BBC English Regions, says: “Throughout the Super League era, the BBC has demonstrated its commitment to the game of rugby league. So it’s fitting that 20 years on we’re giving fans more coverage than ever before.
“There will be rugby league on BBC TV for more than 40 weeks of the year. And our coverage across radio will be unmatched with BBC Local Radio stations and BBC Radio 5 live and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra providing rugby league fans with live commentaries from all Super League matches throughout the season.
“We’ve been involved with the sport for nearly 70 years and are looking forward to our best season yet.”
The Super League Show will return to BBC One across the North of England on Monday 8 February at 11.25pm. Each week the programme will be shown across the country on BBC Two on Tuesdays. It will also be available on the BBC iPlayer.
Once again hosted by Tanya Arnold, the new series will provide extensive highlights of all the weekend’s games, alongside analysis from a panel of experts including Jamie Peacock, Eorl Crabtree, Brian Noble and John Kear.
The Super League Show will run for 30 weeks throughout the season, following all the twists and turns of First Utility Super League XXI and will also feature the World Club Series in February.
The Super League Show is recorded at the BBC’s studios in Leeds and produced by award-winning independent production company PDI Media.
Across BBC Local Radio, there is unrivalled rugby league coverage with live match commentaries from the majority of Super League, Championship and League One games as well as additional programmes giving expert summaries, comments and opinion with guests from across the world of rugby league.
Coverage across BBC Local Radio includes:
BBC Radio Merseyside will provide live match commentaries of St Helens, Warrington Wolves and Widnes Vikings; their magazine show Try Time is broadcast throughout the year on Thursday evenings at 6-7pm presented by Steve Roberts with contributions from Allan Rooney and Ray French.
BBC Radio Manchester will provide live match commentaries of the three Super League clubs in the area – Wigan Warriors, Salford Red Devils and Warrington Wolves. In addition, there’s coverage of all Championship clubs including Leigh Centurions. Rugby League Extra presented by Jack Dearden and Trevor Hunt will also continue on Thursday evenings and is downloadable as a podcast.
On BBC Radio Cumbria, there will be live match commentaries from all the Championship and League One clubs in the Cumbria area including Barrow, Workington Town and Whitehaven.
BBC Radio York will provide live commentaries of all York City Knights home and away games throughout the season on 666 and 1260 AM as well as online via bbc.co.uk/rugbyleague.
BBC Radio Humberside will follow Hull FC and Hull KR every match providing live commentary. And on most Sundays their Rugby League Heroes series will continue featuring a legend from the world of Rugby League each week. Breaking news about rugby league will feature on the new Local Live service for Hull and East Yorkshire which can be found at bbc.co.uk/news/england/humberside.
BBC Radio Leeds will offer unrivalled rugby league coverage with commentaries each week from the 11 clubs in their patch. Their weekly Sunday show will also feature live studio guests in the last hour each week. They will also include rugby league content in their daily West Yorkshire Sport Daily show which goes out 6-7pm Mon-Fri.
BBC Sport will show live coverage of seven Ladbrokes Challenge Cup matches on BBC One and BBC One HD, and BBC Two and BBC Two HD, made up of two each over the sixth round, quarter finals and semi-finals, and culminating in extensive coverage of the Challenge Cup Final on Saturday 27 August. They will also show highlights of both play-off semi-finals, the ‘Million Pound Game’ and the Grand Final on BBC Two and BBC Two HD.
Following the Grand Final, the BBC cameras will then cover the Four Nations, which sees England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand go head to head. The competition is over four weekends starting at the end of October – and the BBC will show all England games live on BBC One and BBC Two, with extensive highlights of all the other matches, again on BBC One and BBC Two.
The Four Nations this year will be a good marker ahead of the 2017 World Cup and the BBC will comprehensively cover that next year on all platforms, which will once more see all live England matches on BBC television.
Elsewhere across the BBC, Radio 5 live sports extra will offer live commentary of 62 matches throughout the season. And online, the BBC Sport website has a substantial online offering including news, video packages, features and analysis. All online content will also be available via the BBC Sport App.
And across regional TV, there will regular rugby league coverage in news bulletins to include match previews, highlights package and breaking news stories.
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