Opening Ceremony
Live coverage as the 24th Winter Olympic Games officially begin with the lighting of the flame in the opening ceremony at the Beijing International Stadium, also known as the Bird鈥檚 Nest.
Live coverage as the 24th Winter Olympic Games officially begin with the lighting of the flame in the opening ceremony at the Beijing International Stadium, also known as the Bird鈥檚 Nest. It鈥檚 been a road fraught with pandemic and political problems, but organisers are hoping the spotlight will now switch to the sports themselves, with seven new events among a record 109 gold medals to be won.
Covid-19 protocols and diplomatic boycotts due to alleged human rights abuses mean it will be a low-key ceremony, which is being overseen by Oscar-nominated film director Zhang Yimou, who was also behind the opening and closing ceremonies for the summer Olympics. In hosting these Games, China becomes the first nation to stage both a summer and winter Olympics.
Commentary comes from John Hunt and Gigi Salmon.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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00:01Florence + The Machine
Seven Devils
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00:22Portugal. The Man
Feel It Still
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00:53Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker: March
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01:28White Orchestra
The Nutcracker - Dance of The Mirlitons
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01:44Nickelback
Toreador's Song
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01:44Alfred Scholz, London Festival Orchestra
Hungarian Dance No. 5 In G Minor
Broadcasts
Fri 4 Feb 2022 11:30- Fri 4 Feb 2022 21:30Red Button One
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