Catch the Winter Olympics 2026 opening ceremony live on TV and online this weekend.
The Winter Olympic Games is here. The opening ceremony will fire the starting gun on Milano Cortina 2026 – and you can watch it all live.
The glitzy, star-studded ceremony will take place at the San Siro in Milan and the ski resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo.
This is the first Games – summer or winter – under the stewardship of Kirsty Coventry as President of the IOC.
She will give her first opening ceremony address during the evening, with a host of performers and artists set to dazzle on stage.
Radio Times brings you all the TV coverage details for the Winter Olympics 2026 opening ceremony.
BBC Two and TNT Sports will show the Winter Olympics 2026 opening ceremony as they each hold TV rights for the Games this winter.
Remember to get comfortable for the ceremony, as it's expected to last up to three hours.
Coverage begins on BBC Two at 6:30pm UK time on Friday 6th February and will run until 10pm.
The ceremony begins around 7pm UK time.
BBC iPlayer and the BBC website will be streaming live and catch-up coverage of the action at Milan-Cortina this winter.
discovery+ is the online streaming home of the Winter Olympics this year with every moment live on the platform.
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Michael Potts is the Sport Editor for Radio Times, covering all of the biggest sporting events across the globe with previews, features, interviews and more. He has worked for Radio Times since 2019 and previously worked on the sport desk at Express.co.uk after starting his career writing features for What Culture. He achieved a first-class degree in Sports Journalism in 2014.
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