Sochi 2014 - Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Which is also Friday, so everyone is right.

Yes. I took David's post to mean today.

Coverage now moving to BBC One at 4.30pm.

Really is nonsense. At least with Murray at Wimbledon, there's an element of fluidity with match scheduling etc, plus the general build-up of interest and importance as the tournament progresses.

Today is not a surprise. The Sochi timetable was published months and months ago. If theyre looking for more exposure, I can't understand why this wasn't scheduled for BBC One in the first place.

Remember today is DAY TWO of the competition, scheduling for BBC ONE with the real uncertainty of how the British Competitors would perform on DAY ONE would have been risky. I gather the off time for the fourth run is 1720 UK, which would leave little explanatory background. A clean swap of the 1630 - 1800 programming seems sensible in the circumstances.

Lizzy Yarnold is the current world skeleton champion. She was always billed as Britain's biggest hope for a gold medal at these Games. It would have been a massive surprise had she not been in contention going into the final runs.

I agree that 1630 - 1800 is sensible. But considering the coverage was initially on BBC Two, then was changed to BBC One at 5.15pm (and advertised as such), and now has been changed to BBC One at 4.30pm, it comes across as sloppy planning.

Perhaps a better idea would have been to schedule the coverage on BBC One in the first place. Then, if things had not gone to plan yesterday for the Brits, move the coverage to BBC Two considering there would be less interest anyway.

...except they've just gone on air with a "new" programme on BBC Two at 1530 with what appears to be an hour of build-up, which will then switch channels halfway through.

Who, exactly, does this benefit?

The third run is at 15.40, fourth run at 17.20.

Ah yes, so it is. So if you want to follow both runs, you have to switch channels halfway through.

If they wanted to pick up casual viewers tuning in for Pointless, could they not just run a trail (perhaps a live one) on BBC One at 1715?

Alas, I'm sure in the end the viewing figures, as they always end up doing at Wimbledon, will show that the right decision was made.

Is the occasional 'live' bug now aligned with the centre of the screen, or is it just doing it today because there are three commentators, and it's right-alighned with the longest bit?

I've seen it appear in the centre a couple of times, but normally on the left. Doesn't seem to be related to anything else, so I'm guessing it's just a different template being loaded by mistake.

Rather nice wipe for Team GB coverage

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