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´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport will provide extensive coverage of this year's Royal Ascot – the world's most famous flat race meeting, where the pinnacles of sport and fashion coincide.

Exclusive live action from the five-day festival will commence on Tuesday 14 June at 1.45pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One.

Lead presenter Clare Balding will be joined throughout the week by former five-time British champion jockey, Willie Carson. Also joining Clare will be ex-´óÏó´«Ã½ Royal Correspondent Jennie Bond, who will be part of the team on Tuesday and Wednesday to commentate on the Royal Procession.

Commentary on the runners and riders will be delivered by Jim McGrath, with expert analysis shared between champion jockeys Kevin Darley and Mick Fitzgerald.

Roving reporter Rishi Persad will provide reports from around the course while in the betting ring, John Parrott will be joined by the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s betting expert, Gary Wiltshire, who will be on hand to give hints and tips on the market.

´óÏó´«Ã½ presenter Suzi Perry will be joined by supermodel Olivia Inge on Tuesday and Saturday and new style expert, milliner, Louis Mariette, on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, to assess each day's fashions - with looking good being as important as picking the winner for many Ascot racegoers.

Television coverage will begin at 1.45pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One each weekday. All 30 races will be shown live on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ for the second year running, as following each day's terrestrial coverage viewers can catch the remaining races of the day live on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Red Button. Coverage on Saturday 18 June begins at 2.20pm on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two.

UK visitors to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport website will also have access to live video coverage of all races featured on ´óÏó´«Ã½ television at , as well as previews and photos from the year's most prestigious meeting. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sport website racing expert Frank Keogh will be tweeting with all the news, colour and gossip from around the course at #bbcracing.

´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live's racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght brings coverage of all five days of Royal Ascot, with all the latest racing news throughout the week. There will be live commentary on the key races each day from John Hunt broadcast in the afternoon shows and updates from Luke Harvey in 5 Live Breakfast.

At 11am on Saturday 18 June Nick Hancock is judge and jury for a special Fighting Talk, live from Royal Ascot, with a panel of experts trying to win points for punditry. Plus, Eleanor Oldroyd will present full coverage of the day's racing from 12noon.

Cornelius Lysaght will be giving twitter updates from Ascot at .

Notes to Editors

Programming details are correct as at 13/06/11 and may be subject to schedule changes.

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