Anzac Day is this Saturday and ABC are broadcasting an extensive look at all the marches and commemorations.
Including services from Turkey and France, the schedule is as follows
The local Anzac Day marches are at:
NSW 9.00am – 12.30pm
ACT 10.30am – 12.30pm (National Ceremony)
VIC 9.00am – 12.30pm
TAS 10.30am – 12.30pm
QLD 9.30am – 12.30pm
SA 9.00am – 12.30pm
NT 10.45am – 12.30pm
WA 9.20am – 12.00pm
ABC and ABC News 24 Coverage Highlights (AEST):
4.25am – 5.30am ABC News Breakfast: Anzac Dawn Service from Sydney
5.30am – 6.00am Anzac Day National Dawn Service from Canberra
12.30pm – 1.30pm Anzac Day Gallipoli Dawn Service, Turkey
1.30pm – 2.30pm Anzac Day Villers-Bretonneux Dawn Service, France
5.55pm – 6pm Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove’s Address
6.00pm – 7.00pm Anzac Day Lone Pine Memorial Service, Turkey
7.00pm – 8.00pm ABC News Special
The coverage will also be available on ABC iview for those who want to catch up.
Not exclusive to televised coverage, ABC radio will also cover services. Their footage is as follows.
ABC Local Radio
5.28am – 6.05am Local Radio’s coverage of dawn services includes local services and the National Dawn Service from the Australian War Memorial with Louise Maher
8.30am – 9.00am Anzac Special with Richard Stubbs, Serpil Senelmis and Ollie Wards in Turkey
9.00am – 11.30am Local Anzac Day coverage
11.30am – 2.00pm Gallipoli Dawn Service with Richard Stubbs, Serpil Senelmis and Ollie Wards in Turkey
NewsRadio 5.30pm – 7.00pm Lone Pine Service with Richard Stubbs, Serpil Senelmis and Ollie Wards in Turkey
ABC Classic FM will broadcast a series of concerts across the day, celebrating the music of WWI, including Gallipoli Songs at 7pm and the Gallipoli Concert Series continues at 1pm and 8pm.
ABC RN Saturday Extra will cross to Fran Kelly on HMAS Anzac as it steams into Anzac Cove for the Dawn Service, and to reporters in Anzac Cove itself.
ABC Anzac, ABC’s digital radio station also streamed online, will broadcast the local Australian and Gallipoli services.
And if you’re not able to watch or listen to the coverage, ABC News Digital will provide minute-by-minute updates of the Anzac commemorations in Australia, Turkey and France throughout the day via their live blog hosted at abc.net.au/anzac. The coverage will include stories from Australians marking the anniversary both at home and overseas. The best photos of the day will feature, as will video highlights.
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