Watch and listen
Watch and listen
Published: 20 April 2017
On TV
- Regular television broadcasts every weekend across the summer on BBC Four reflecting the full breadth of the season
- Popular event performances on Friday evenings
- Standout classical concerts on Sunday evenings
- Special late-night broadcasts
- Proms Extra on BBC Two - a weekly magazine show hosted by Katie Derham every Saturday night during the season
- All concerts broadcast in HD and Surround Sound
- Catch up for 30 days on BBC iPlayer or at bbc.co.uk/proms
On Radio
- Every Prom broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 (available on digital radio, via TV, mobile, laptop and tablet, as well as on 90-93 FM)
- Many Proms repeated during Afternoon On 3 (weekdays, 2pm) throughout the season, plus a series of repeats over the Christmas period
- Proms-related programmes throughout the season, including In Tune (weekdays, 4.30pm), Record Review (Saturdays, 9am) and Composer Of The Week (weekdays, 12noon and 6.30pm)
- Proms Intervals - Interval features exploring themes of the concert programme
- Proms Extra - broadcasts of the series of free daily pre-concert events at Imperial College Union with Radio 3 presenters and other experts
- Catch up via the BBC Proms website and the BBC iPlayer Radio app
- BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 6 Music also broadcast Proms this year and the festival will reach international radio audiences through BBC World Service and European Broadcasting Union broadcasts of selected Proms
Online
A refreshed website where you can:
- Discover full details of the whole season
- Watch video from every work in the televised Proms
- Listen to every Prom in the highest-quality HD Sound live and on-demand for 30 days at bbc.co.uk/proms
- Find programmes giving background to every Prom
- Link to get tickets for all the concerts
- Download every Prom, keep it for 30 days and listen wherever and whenever you want via Radio 3 in the iPlayer Radio app on mobile and tablet
- Download the Proms Podcast, Proms Unplucked, presented by comedian and composer Vikki Stone, for a unique backstage view of the whole festival, and catch her regular updates on BBC Radio 6 Music.
- Use the BBC Music app or website and discover playlists from our experts. You can build your own list and play it through your favourite music-streaming service
- Discover multimedia articles and commentary about the season at bbc.co.uk/proms and via the BBC Proms on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
Lossless audio
In a UK first, BBC Radio 3 streams the entire season in the highest quality audio the BBC has ever broadcast, as a lossless audio stream at bbc.co.uk/proms, letting listeners experience the concerts as if they were present at the Royal Albert Hall.
