Tokyo Paralympics 2020 – Live TV Coverage on Channel 4, More 4, All 4

The 2020 Summer Paralympics will be held in Tokyo, Japan between 24 August and 5 September 2021.

Originally scheduled to take place between 25 August and 6 September 2020, both the Olympics and Paralympics were postponed to 2021 in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The events will be held largely behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to a state of emergency in the Tokyo region.

These Games will see the introduction of badminton and taekwondo to the Paralympic programme, replacing sailing and 7-a-side football.

Channel 4 will be the main broadcaster of the Paralympics in the UK with over 300 hours around the clock coverage on linear TV on Channel 4 and More 4.

The daily schedule looks like this:

1100-1510 (24 August) Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Opening ceremony – live from Tokyo, presented by Ade Adepitan, Baroness Grey-Thompson.

0730-0900 Paralympics Breakfast – live from Leeds, hosted by Arthur Williams and Steph McGovern.

0900-1410 Live sport – presented from Leeds with Clare Balding and from Tokyo with Vick Hope (cycling), Sophie Morgan (swimming) and Lee Mackenzie (athletics).

0700-1400 Team sports – live on More 4, hosted by JJ Chalmers and Ed Jackson in Tokyo.

1700-1800 Tokyo Today – highlights show presented from Tokyo, hosted by Ade Adepitan.

1930-2000 Gold Rush – presented from Leeds, hosted by Clare Balding.

2200-2300 The Last Leg – live from London, hosted by Adam Hills, Alex Brooker and Josh Widdicombe, with Rosie Jones in Tokyo.

0000-0700 Overnight live sport – presented from Tokyo.

1100-1500 (05 September) Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony – live from Tokyo, presented by Ade Adepitan, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.