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| BBC to broadcast Hay Festival on radio, TV, and online | BBC to broadcast Hay Festival on radio, TV, and online |
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| The Hay Literature Festival will be broadcast on the BBC's television, radio and online networks, it has been announced. | The Hay Literature Festival will be broadcast on the BBC's television, radio and online networks, it has been announced. |
| Several radio and television shows will be live from the festival, from 22 May and 1 June, with a global audience on BBC World News. | Several radio and television shows will be live from the festival, from 22 May and 1 June, with a global audience on BBC World News. |
| Some of the headline events will also be streamed live on the BBC website. | Some of the headline events will also be streamed live on the BBC website. |
| The BBC said the "unprecedented" coverage would make the festival more accessible than ever before. | The BBC said the "unprecedented" coverage would make the festival more accessible than ever before. |
| This year's link up is the start of a three-year partnership between the festival and the broadcaster, bringing Sky Arts's coverage to an end. | This year's link up is the start of a three-year partnership between the festival and the broadcaster, bringing Sky Arts's coverage to an end. |
| A full programme of events will be broadcast over BBC Radios 2, 3, 4, 6 Music as well as BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. | A full programme of events will be broadcast over BBC Radios 2, 3, 4, 6 Music as well as BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru. |
| There will also be a BBC Tent, which will host appearances and performances from well-known presenters and guests such as singer Cerys Matthews. | There will also be a BBC Tent, which will host appearances and performances from well-known presenters and guests such as singer Cerys Matthews. |
| The One Show will be live from Hay for the first time and the BBC's Talking Books programme will have five special episodes dedicated to the event. | The One Show will be live from Hay for the first time and the BBC's Talking Books programme will have five special episodes dedicated to the event. |
| 'Extraordinary opportunity' | 'Extraordinary opportunity' |
| BBC Wales will also host live coverage and a documentary about the festival and the town of Hay-on-Wye will be made by BBC Four. | BBC Wales will also host live coverage and a documentary about the festival and the town of Hay-on-Wye will be made by BBC Four. |
| Daily stories and videos will be available on the BBC website along with live feeds of some of the most popular events. | Daily stories and videos will be available on the BBC website along with live feeds of some of the most popular events. |
| BBC Director General Tony Hall said: "Our coverage this year will demonstrate our ambition to join up arts on the BBC like never before - across television, radio and digital. | BBC Director General Tony Hall said: "Our coverage this year will demonstrate our ambition to join up arts on the BBC like never before - across television, radio and digital. |
| "By doing so we can give the public access to the greatest writers, performers and thinkers in a way that no one else can." | "By doing so we can give the public access to the greatest writers, performers and thinkers in a way that no one else can." |
| Peter Florence, director of Hay Festival, added: "The BBC will give everyone, everywhere, the best seat at the table." | |
| Rhodri Talfan Davies, director of BBC Wales said: "The Hay Festival has established itself as a true festival of ideas - bringing together some of the world's leading thinkers and writers. | |
| "And I'm absolutely delighted that this new partnership will enable BBC audiences right across Wales - and right across the UK - to savour the real magic of Hay." | |
| The festival is now in its 27th year and one-time festival speaker, the former US President Bill Clinton, famously described the 10-day event as 'the Woodstock of the mind'. | The festival is now in its 27th year and one-time festival speaker, the former US President Bill Clinton, famously described the 10-day event as 'the Woodstock of the mind'. |