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equally, it has to keep pace with modern sporting coverage. “We’re keen to make sure everything’s as cutting edge as it can be, whether it’s the individual cameras, whether it’s UHD, to make sure Wimbledon compares itself to the best sporting events in the world while it maintains all that traditional magic that everyone loves from Wimbledon.” And it’s the iconic nature of the event that makes the coverage such a balancing act. Making sure tennis obsessives are served as well as more casual viewers is “crucial. We want to make sure someone who’s watched all the ATP and all the WTA events and absolute tennis diehards are getting what they want. At the same time, we don’t want to shut out the people that are going to tune in to watch tennis for two weeks a year.”
Much of that is about looking at the personalities. “People love the personalities and you’re there to bring them bring to life and make sure that you’ve got someone to root for.” Especially when it comes to showcasing emerging talent and picking up on
WITH WIMBLEDON, IT’S A CASE OF EVOLUTION NOT REVOLUTION
stories like Coco Gauff defeating Venus Williams in 2019. There’s also the logistics of bringing the various arms of the BBC into the tournament, beyond BBC Sport. “The rest of the BBC tends to descend on this. Breakfast comes from Wimbledon, the weather will
come from Wimbledon, Children’s BBC will come for the annual Hacker the Dog meet with Sue Barker, you get all the nations and regions coming down too. So as well as our own coverage, half of it is making sure that all the other outlets of the BBC have got a little bit of the pie and making sure enough of our experts and presenters are doing a little bit for them as well.”
Of course, the 2020 fortnight was cancelled
altogether, and live crowds for 2021 are still in the balance, but 2021 will be even more important, says Chakraborty. “It’s now been two years since the last one, so I think it’ll be that much more of a big deal when it does come back and we get to see the beautiful green courts and how wonderful the All England Club looks again.”
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