Dates: 2 February to 16 March |
Coverage: Watch Scotland and Wales home games live on BBC One & BBC iPlayer; match commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra or BBC Sounds; live text & video clips on BBC Sport website and app; highlights on BBC Two & iPlayer. |
The 2024 Six Nations starts on Friday and BBC Sport has live coverage and highlights across TV, iPlayer, radio and online.
BBC One will broadcast live coverage of one game every round, starting with Wales v Scotland at the Principality Stadium on Saturday, 3 February.
BBC Radio 5 Live or BBC 5 Sports Extra will have live commentary of every game, and their coverage starts in Marseille with the opening match between 2022 champions France and last year’s Grand Slam winners Ireland.
Radio 5 Sports Extra will host live commentary of England’s opening match against Italy as well as Wales v Scotland.
Match highlights of every game will be available on the BBC Sport website and app as well as iPlayer shortly after full-time.
There will be highlights and in-depth analysis of every match on Six Nations Rugby Special on BBC Two and iPlayer on Sunday evenings.
The Rugby Union Weekly Podcast will provide insight and analysis every day during the Six Nations and former England scrum-half Matt Dawson will have regular columns on the BBC Sport website and app.
The extensive online coverage will also feature live streams, text commentaries and the latest news from all the teams.
BBC Sport also has live coverage on its digital platforms of every match of the Under-20 Six Nations, commencing on Friday, 2 February, as well as the Women’s Six Nations, which begins on Saturday, 23 March.
What games are the BBC showing on TV?
Over the following weeks, BBC One will show live coverage of:
- Wales v Scotland on 3 February
- Scotland v France on 10 February
- Scotland v England on 24 February
- Wales v France on 10 March
- Wales v Italy on 16 March
All the other matches will be shown live on ITV.
BBC TV presenters, pundits and commentators
Gabby Logan will present live match coverage on BBC One and will be joined by Six Nations greats Sam Warburton, Martin Johnson, John Barclay, Jonathan Davies, Chris Paterson and Dylan Hartley.
Nigel Owens will provide refereeing analysis, while Sonja McLaughlan and Lee McKenzie share pitch-side reporting duties
Live commentary will come from Andrew Cotter, plus highlights commentary from Sara Orchard, Gareth Rhys Owen and Alastair Eykyn.
Ugo Monye returns to present Six Nations Rugby Special.
Additional coverage across the nations
There will be further in-depth coverage across the nations from BBC Scotland, BBC Wales and BBC Northern Ireland.
All Scotland games will be on BBC Radio Scotland, all Ireland games will be live on BBC Radio Ulster, and all Wales games will be on BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru.
Six Nations fixtures, kick-off times and coverage
All times GMT and subject to late changes. Coverage can be subject to late schedule changes, so details may differ from this page.
Friday, 2 February
France v Ireland (20:00) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live (build-up from 19:00)
Saturday, 3 February
Italy v England (14:15) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Wales v Scotland (16:45) – BBC One & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Saturday, 10 February
Scotland v France (14:15) – BBC One & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
England v Wales (16:45) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live
Sunday, 11 February
Ireland v Italy (15:00) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
Saturday, 24 February
Ireland v Wales (14:15) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Scotland v England (16:45) – BBC One & BBC Radio 5 Live
Sunday, 25 February
France v Italy (15:00) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
Saturday, 9 March
Italy v Scotland (14:15) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
England v Ireland (16:45) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
Sunday, 10 March
Wales v France (15:00) – BBC One & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
Saturday, 16 March
Wales v Italy (14:15) – BBC One & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
Ireland v Scotland (16:45) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc
France v England (20:00) – ITV 1 & BBC Radio 5 Live/Sports Extra tbc