This week sees tickets for BBC Sports Personality of the Year go on sale, with the ceremony set to be held in Belfast later this year.
For those wanting to sit amongst the sportsmen and women to be honoured at the Sse Arena on Sunday, December 20, tickets will be available to buy from Thursday (October 15).
Marking the first time the ceremony is held in Northern Ireland, Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will host the awards in front of the live audience and millions watching on BBC One.
We've still got a few more weeks of sporting achievement ahead of us, but milestones bound to feature this year include England's Ashes triumph, Wayne Rooney becoming the Three Lions' top scorer and Chris Froome claiming his second yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
Other achievements this year include Northern Ireland reaching their first major football tournament in 30 years, Great...
For those wanting to sit amongst the sportsmen and women to be honoured at the Sse Arena on Sunday, December 20, tickets will be available to buy from Thursday (October 15).
Marking the first time the ceremony is held in Northern Ireland, Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan will host the awards in front of the live audience and millions watching on BBC One.
We've still got a few more weeks of sporting achievement ahead of us, but milestones bound to feature this year include England's Ashes triumph, Wayne Rooney becoming the Three Lions' top scorer and Chris Froome claiming his second yellow jersey in the Tour de France.
Other achievements this year include Northern Ireland reaching their first major football tournament in 30 years, Great...
- 10/11/2015
- Digital Spy
BBC Sports Personality of the Year tickets go on sale this Friday, November 1 at 9am.
Tickets are priced at £40, £50 and £60, subject to a 10% service charge for card payments, and are limited to four per person.
They are limited to four per person, with a minimum age of 10. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
The 60th anniversary event takes place on Sunday, December 15 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds and is hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.
It will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD.
This year's winner will join last year's victor Bradley Wiggins and other past winners, including Bobby Moore, Princess Anne, Lord Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson, Dame Mary Peters, Torvill and Dean, Liz McColgan, Steve Redgrave, David Beckham, Kelly Homes, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Hoy, Jonathan Edwards, Paula Radcliffe, Zara Philips and the first winner, Christopher Chataway, in 1954.
Tickets are priced at £40, £50 and £60, subject to a 10% service charge for card payments, and are limited to four per person.
They are limited to four per person, with a minimum age of 10. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.
The 60th anniversary event takes place on Sunday, December 15 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds and is hosted by Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan.
It will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD.
This year's winner will join last year's victor Bradley Wiggins and other past winners, including Bobby Moore, Princess Anne, Lord Sebastian Coe, Daley Thompson, Dame Mary Peters, Torvill and Dean, Liz McColgan, Steve Redgrave, David Beckham, Kelly Homes, Andrew Flintoff, Chris Hoy, Jonathan Edwards, Paula Radcliffe, Zara Philips and the first winner, Christopher Chataway, in 1954.
- 10/29/2013
- Digital Spy
The UK has today (October 24) bid farewell to more than 70 years of analogue television, after the final stage of the £630 million digital switchover project was completed in Northern Ireland. Dame Mary Peters - the 1972 Olympic gold medallist in the pentathlon - pressed the button at the Divis transmitter at around midnight to forever change the UK television landscape. Prime minister David Cameron said: "The UK's switch to digital television has been the biggest single change to broadcasting for a generation. "It has delivered more choice for millions of viewers and paved the way for exciting new services, securing our role as a global player in broadcasting and creative industries." Viewers in Northern Ireland were the last in the UK to transition completely to digital terrestrial TV signals, with many homes enjoying access to Freeview for the first time. (more)...
- 10/24/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Britain has today (October 24) bid farewell to more than 70 years of analogue television, after the final stage of the £630 million digital switchover project was completed in Northern Ireland. Dame Mary Peters - the 1972 Olympic gold medallist in the pentathlon - pressed the button at the Divis transmitter at around midnight to forever change the UK television landscape. Prime minister David Cameron said: "The UK's switch to digital television has been the biggest single change to broadcasting for a generation. "It has delivered more choice for millions of viewers and paved the way for exciting new services, securing our role as a global player in broadcasting and creative industries." Viewers in Northern Ireland were the last in Britain to transition completely to digital terrestrial TV signals, with many homes enjoying access to Freeview for the first (more)...
- 10/24/2012
- by By Andrew Laughlin
- Digital Spy
Prince William and Kate Middleton continued their royal road trip around the U.K. - making an unannounced goodwill stop in Northern Ireland Tuesday, and even flipping hotcakes to aid a local charity. Landing at 10:30 in the morning at Belfast's George Best airport amid tight security, they were greeted by the city's Lord Mayor, Pat Covery and Dame Mary Peters, Lord Lieutenant of Belfast and a former Olympic pentathlon champion. In an eight-car motorcade, they then made their way to City Hall, where they accepted a photograph of the building and a book on its architectural history, as well...
- 3/8/2011
- by Liz Corcoran
- PEOPLE.com
Britain's Prince Charles showed off his agricultural knowledge in Northern Ireland yesterday (12.05.10). The prince - who arrived in Belfast yesterday - attended the Royal Ulster Agricultural Show at The King's Hall complex where he discussed issues affecting agriculture and rural development in the country. Charles was also joined by the city's Lord Mayor Naomi Long and the Lord Lieutenant of Belfast Dame Mary Peters Dbe. Speaking of the prince's visit, MP Ian Paisley, chairman of the assembly's agriculture committee, told BBC News: "Prince Charles showed himself to be well acquainted with the issues and challenges facing our rural communities and agricultural sector." At the show the prince toured and met livestock exhibitors, judges and stewards.
- 5/13/2010
- Monsters and Critics
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