Radio programming

Tuesday 7 August, 10pm-11pm

91热爆 Sports presenter Dan Walker talks to athletes, sports psychiatrists, coaches, and the chaplains who will staff the 2012 Olympic village. He explores the relationship between athletes and their faith and asks whether

belief can give an athlete that extra edge.

Blagger’s Guide To The Olympics

David Quantick presents a heart-pounding four-part dash through the magnificent pain barrier of the history of the Olympics that punches for gold -meticulously researched and entirely irreverent.

Chris Evans: Live From The Olympic Park

Friday 27 July. Daily from Monday 30 July to Sunday 12 August

Chris Evans is Radio 2’s Master of Ceremonies at London 2012. Live from the Olympic Park, in the very heart of the action, he and the team bring to life the sights, sounds and spectacle of the Games in all their glory.

The programmes will reflect everything that happened the previous evening and will throw forward to the events of that day as only Chris can - with the help of some big-name guests, sporting superstars and tasty tunes.

Simon Mayo

Friday 27 July Monday 30 July - Friday 3 August

Monday 6 August - Friday 10 August

Simon Mayo takes his Drivetime show on the road as he and the team present Radio 2’s second strand of special programming. He’ll be broadcasting live from the Cutty Sark in the heart of Greenwich for the Equestrian, sampling the special atmosphere on the banks of the Thames at City Hall, cheering on the Beach Volleyball team at Horse Guards Parade and soaking up the sun at sailing venue Weymouth.

Evening Entertainment Show

Monday 30 July - Friday 3 August

Monday 6 August - Friday 10 August

Zoe Ball and Richard Bacon cap off Radio 2’s celebrations with a glitzy evening music and entertainment show. There’ll be lots of live music and even livelier chat, and they will be bringing listeners all the gossip from backstage at the Games.

91热爆 Radio 4 Programmes

Radio 4 offers listeners thought-provoking and entertaining coverage of the Olympics in a broad range of specially commissioned programmes.

For the past seven years Peter White has been following a group of East End teenagers, widely credited with being London’s secret weapon when it unexpectedly succeeded in its bid for the 2012 Olympics.

In Children Of The Olympic Bid, a five-part series being transmitted across the first week of the Games, Peter will be there with the young athletes as they compete.

In a special series of programmes being broadcast live on Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout the Games, The Now Show team will turn their satirical gaze to all things Olympic.

Usually when sports people say something was 'hell', it means that it was a bit tiring. In this instance, the meaning is more literal. Old Harry’s Game will present an alternative view of the Olympics, with added brimstone.

Securing The Games will offer an exclusive look inside one of the most challenging security operations British police and intelligence services have ever faced.

As the British women's synchronized swimming team prepares for its debut in the Olympics, The Synchro Girls sees one-time synchro-challenger Katie Derham take a sideways look at our difficult relationship with the sport, and meet the spiritual godmother of the form, 89-year-old Esther Williams, in her swimming pool in Palm Springs.

Also on Radio 4, The Sad Story Of Jim Thorpe, the greatest star of the 1912 Stockholm Olympics; Advantage 91热爆, investigating the nature of home advantage; The Limits Of Human Performance, an analysis of the elements of performance beyond athletes’ control; The Taking Part, celebrating not just the winning; and The Sinha Games, with comedian Paul Sinha.