PARIS 2024: CHANNEL 4 UNVEILS RANGE OF PARALYMPIC DOCUMENTARIES

The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games is set to be the biggest ever broadcast on Channel 4 with over 1,300 hours of live sport airing for free across Channel 4, More4, Channel 4 Streaming and Channel 4 Sport’s YouTube.

From the first moment of the Opening Ceremony on Wednesday 28 August to the final seconds of the Closing Ceremony on Sunday 8 September, Channel 4 will bring viewers all the action, medals and must-see moments from every Paralympic venue across Paris.

Channel 4’s elite team of presenters, pundits, reporters and commentators sees Ade Adepitan return for Paris 2024, joined by five-time Paralympic swimming champion and BAFTA-winner Ellie Simmonds, who makes her Channel 4 presentation debut. Actress, producer and activist Rose Ayling-Ellis presents live for the first time as she hosts alongside Clare Balding from a new position inside the Athletes’ Village.

Also on the team are racing-driver-turned-commentator Billy Monger, Invictus Games medallist and presenter JJ Chalmers, adventurer and former rugby union player Ed Jackson, TV and radio presenter Vick Hope, comedian Josh Pugh and sports presenter Lee McKenzie.

In addition to live coverage of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, sponsored by Allianz and Toyota across Channel 4, More 4, Channel 4 Streaming and social channels, Channel 4 will also broadcast a series of documentaries in the build up to the Games.

These include a two-part series – Path to Paris: The Hunt for Gold (21.07.24 tbc) and Path to Paris: Paralympic Dreams (25.08.24 tbc) - which follows British athletes as they prepare for the summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris 2024.

Britain’s most decorated Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey presents Paris 24: Meet the Paralympians with Sarah Storey (24.08.24 tbc) where she finds out more about her teammates Will Bayley (table tennis), Susannah Hext (swimming), David Smith (boccia) and Jaco Van Gas (cycling).

Equal Play (26.08.24 tbc), a one-off documentary featuring Paralympian Hannah Cockcroft, investigates how school students with disabilities can find themselves isolated and excluded due to the lack of opportunities to take part in sports and physical education.

Plus, a series of 12 three-minute films profiling British Paralympians will also play out each evening after Channel 4 News in the weeks leading up to the Games. Starting on Monday 15 July, the films are the maiden commission for Ade Adepitan’s Bolla Media production company.