The BBC has had a major schedule change as Breakfast finished two hours early to make room for the Olympics. The Paris 2024 Olympics has began, with much of the coverage being shown on the BBC . However, this means that usual programming is being disrupted.
Saturday morning saw BBC Breakfast come to an end at 8am instead of the usual 10am finish time. Usually, Matt Tebbutt would then take over with Saturday Kitchen but fans of the show may have been disappointed this morning as it was replaced with sports coverage instead. Coming to the end of the programme, Charlie Stayt said: "Lots to look forward to of course, the Olympics are officially under way.
" While Naga Munchetty added: "Hence we will be leaving you now. But of course Breakfast will be back tomorrow from 6am. Thanks for watching - enjoy your weekend.
" However, some viewers weren't happy that BBC Breakfast was cut short today. Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter , one said: "Olympics at 8 in the morning dear lord." As a second wrote: "bbcbreakfast finishing at 8.
00am and proper news being shown on the BBC’s dedicated news channel." The schedule shake up comes as ahead of the opening ceremony, BBC presenter Paula Radcliffe described herself as "mortified" after wishing luck to a convicted rapist who is competing at the Olympics. Dutch beach volleyball player Steven Van de Velde served time in prison for the rape of a 12-year-old girl in 2014 and has controversially been selected for the Games.
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