BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has commissioned a bespoke Glastonbury programme that will stream directly from the festival to air LIVE on its international channel portfolio.  Starting at 18:00 BST on June 30 (July 1, 1AM SG/HK) – the final day of the Glastonbury 2013 – the six-hour broadcast will run without break and feature highlights from Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances.

The highlights and live coverage will be linked by BBC presenters on-site and a 90’ highlights package will also be made available for the channels following the festival. Commissioned specifically for the international channels audience by Tracy Forsyth, VP Commissioning, Content, BBC Worldwide, the bespoke programme Glastonbury 2013 is the ninth original production to be announced within the global commissioning strategy for BBC branded channels. Glastonbury 2013 will be available on BBC Entertainment (Asia, Latin America, Poland, Nordics and South Africa), BBC Knowledge (Asia), BBC HD (EMEA and Latin America) and UKTV (Australia and New Zealand).  The line-up for the six-hour broadcast is yet to be announced. Glastonbury 2013 is a BBC Music Television / Glastonbury Festivals Limited production.

Forsyth said of the commission: “We are delighted to be bringing yet another world-class British event to our audiences across the globe.  The scale and quality of Glastonbury and its consistently stellar line-up of music acts have given it a well-earned reputation as one of the world’s not-to-be-missed events, so we are excited to be bringing our viewers closer than ever before.”