The Paralympics on Channel 4
Day-time presenters
Channel 4’s on-screen daytime presenting line-up, anchoring Paralympics Today from 1-7pm each day, comprises JJ Chalmers, Sophie Morgan,Ade Adepitan and Arthur Williams.
Evening presenters
Clare Balding will anchor every evening’s highlights package from 7.30 until 8pm with expert contributions from Jonathan Edwards and special reports from RJ Mitte.
Every evening there will be an episode of The Last Leg between 8 and 9pm with Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker.
From 9pm until 1am Clare Balding takes over the helm once again, presenting live from the Olympic Park for Paralympics Tonight.
Digital Breakfast Show
Lee McKenzie will be C4’s roving reporter and also present Paralympics Breakfast.
Star Reporters
Lee McKenzie and Caroline De Moraes will provide special reports from within and around the Games, and Caroline will join Clare and The Last Leg presenters in the studio.
Reporting on all the action will be: Steve Brown, Martine Wright MBE, Rishi Persad, Sean Rose, Sophia Warner and Jordan Jarrett-Bryan.
Opening & Closing Ceremonies
Both Ceremonies will be shown live in peak time. Clare and Adam will co-host; they will be joined by RJ, Caroline and Frank Gardner in the studio.
Krishnan Guru-Murthy and Rob Walker will provide commentary whilst Liz Johnson and Danny Crates will provide the athletes’ point of view.
Athletics
The athletics coverage will be presented from the Olympic Stadium by Jonathan Edwards and Iwan Thomas and are joined by Stef Reid, Danny Crates and Katharine Merry, alongside commentators Rob Walker and John Rawling while Sonja McLaughlan will get the athletes’ comments in the trackside interview position
Swimming
Rachel Latham, Liz Johnson, Marc Woods, Giles Long and Paul Noble.
Specialist commentators for other sports include Simon Brotherton and Neil Smith (Cycling), Ronald McIntosh and Dan Johnson (Wheelchair Basketball), Bob Ballard and Peter Norfolk (Wheelchair Tennis) and Don Parker (Table Tennis).