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´óÏó´«Ã½ increases Badminton TV coverage
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With live coverage on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two and ´óÏó´«Ã½i, the 2007 Badminton Horse Trials will have more dedicated TV airtime than any year since it was first televised in 1956.
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The ´óÏó´«Ã½ team will be led by presenter Clare Balding with six-time Badminton winnerLucinda Green reporting from around the course – where ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sports Personality Of The Year and reigning World And European Three Day Event Champion, Zara Phillips, will be making her debut appearance.
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Viewers with access to interactive television can tune in to early coverage by pressing the red button on their handset at 11am on Saturday 5 May or log on to bbc.co.uk/sport for live streaming of all the action from the cross-country course.
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Network coverage begins later in the day on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two at 12.45pm with Michael Tucker leading the commentary team.
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On Sunday 6 May at 2pm, on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, viewers can catch up with key highlights from the previous day, before watching the live conclusion of Badminton over the show jumping fences.
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Michael Cole, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Editor, said: "Badminton represents the greatest spectacle in the world of eventing and this year the ´óÏó´«Ã½ will be showing more hours than ever before.
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"With the added interest of Zara Phillips going over the fences for the first time, viewers can look forward to a superb weekend of television coverage on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport."
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