What to watch
Live Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony
BBC ONE, 10.30AM
These are interesting times on the Korean peninsula, which will no doubt bring an added frisson to the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Pyeongchang, South Korea. More than 3,000 athletes from 90 countries are expected to march in the ceremony, which will feature a historic moment when the North and South Korean teams parade together under a unified flag. History is also being made with the disqualification of Russia from the contest due to its state-sponsored doping scandal, although, controversially, 169 Russian athletes will still compete under a designated Olympic flag.
The setting for the occasion is the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium, and the following three hours of coverage comes from sure-footed BBC favourite Clare Balding, who’ll also present highlights at 7.00pm on BBC Two. Team GB has set its sights on a record five medals, including perhaps its first in skiing. It’s expected that North Korean artistes will perform at the ceremony in a spirit of cooperation, and while we can’t expect anything as glorious as Danny Boyle’s mega-party for London 2012, we hope for a memorable kick-off to these historic Games. Vicki Power