Where to watch and hear Glastonbury 2025 on the BBC
As the sun prepares to rise over Worthy Farm, the BBC is once again opening the gates to Glastonbury for those watching and listening from home. With an extraordinary blend of live performances, behind-the-scenes magic, and festival nostalgia, Glastonbury 2025 promises to be one of the most immersive yet—and the BBC is making sure no moment is missed.
A Festival in Your Living Room: BBC iPlayer and TV
For fans tuning in from home, BBC iPlayer is the ultimate destination. More than 90 hours of live coverage from the Pyramid, Other, West Holts, Woodsies, and The Park stages will be streamed across the weekend, all ready for viewers to curate their own must-watch schedules. As in previous years, Pyramid Stage performances will be available in Ultra High Definition and British Sign Language, ensuring the festival is more accessible than ever.
To warm up for the main event, the Glastonbury Hits Channel is already live—streaming iconic sets from years past, 24/7, until the festival kicks off on Friday 27 June.
Once the gates open, The Glastonbury Channel will take over from Friday to Sunday (12pm-late), hosted by BBC favourites Clara Amfo, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders, Jamz Supernova, Jo Whiley, and Lauren Laverne. Expect live reactions, standout sets, special guests, and those magical surprise moments Glastonbury is known for.
From late Friday, The Glastonbury Highlights Channel will begin offering round-the-clock replays of the festival’s biggest performances—available until 30 July.
On-demand, viewers will find over 90 sets and tracks to relive throughout July, including a new Glastonbury Recap—a daily montage of festival highlights—and Glastonbury Highlights, five handpicked compilations showcasing the most unforgettable moments of 2025, which will remain available for a year.
Also back this year is Sidetracked by Glastonbury—the BBC’s visualised music podcast hosted by Annie Macmanus and Nick Grimshaw. Their latest episode with Rod Stewart is streaming now, with more episodes (including Loyle Carner) dropping every Monday until 16 June. The pair will also record a live episode at the festival on Thursday 26 June.
The BBC’s television coverage spreads across BBC One, Two, Three and Four, including a live preview show on BBC Two on Thursday 26 June with Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne. The celebration kicks off on BBC One's The One Show on Friday 27 June at 7pm with a live link to the festival.
Post-festival, viewers can unwind with a Best of Glastonbury 2025 show on BBC Two and even more highlights across the BBC channels.
And for younger fans, CBeebies Bedtime Stories returns with celebrity readers live from the festival, alongside the energetic CBeebies House Party LIVE on The Astrolabe stage featuring Justin Fletcher, Evie Pickerill, Nigel Clarke and Duggee.
Broadcasting from Glastonbury this year across the BBC’s platforms are: Anita Rani, Annie Macmanus, Arielle Free, Cerys Matthews, Clara Amfo, Craig Charles, Danni Diston, Danny Howard, Deb Grant, Dermot O’Leary, DJ Target, Gilles Peterson, Greg James, Huw Stephens, Jack Saunders, Jamz Supernova, Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne, Matt Everitt, Nathan Shepherd, Nick Grimshaw, Sam MacGregor, Sarah Story, Steve Lamacq and Zoe Ball.
Radio Waves from Worthy Farm
On airwaves, BBC Radio 6 Music becomes the home of Glastonbury from Wednesday 25 to Monday 30 June, dedicating its entire schedule to the festival. With 58 hours of live programming, from classic sets to exclusive interviews, 6 Music offers the richest audio experience of the festival.
Nick Grimshaw opens the coverage live from the site on 25 June, as fans flood in. Throughout the weekend, familiar voices including Lauren Laverne, Jamz Supernova, Huw Stephens, Cerys Matthews, and Steve Lamacq will keep listeners close to the action.
On Monday 30 June, the station eases listeners into the post-festival haze with a special Morning After Glastonbury lineup featuring restorative mixes and reflections from artists like English Teacher and Maribou State.
Over on BBC Radio 1, the action begins Thursday 26 June with Jack Saunders' New Music Show, followed by a Radio 1 Dance Takeover from the BBC Introducing Stage. For the first time ever, Greg James broadcasts his Breakfast Show live from the festival on Friday morning. Saturday and Sunday bring more live coverage, backstage stories, and special DJ sets.
Radio 1Xtra joins the celebration with DJ Target’s Pre-Party and coverage across the weekend, while Radio 2 sends Dermot O’Leary and Zoe Ball to the field to speak with artists and capture the atmosphere. Jo Whiley leads highlights coverage, including a special Sunday show and a reflective Monday night broadcast.
Even BBC Radio 4 joins in, as Woman’s Hour goes live from Glastonbury on Friday 27 June, spotlighting the women shaping the music industry today.
Streaming the Soundtrack: BBC Sounds
BBC Sounds is your all-access pass to audio Glastonbury. Alongside live radio, it features exclusive specials, on-demand performances, daily highlights and mixes across genres and decades.
The Sidetracked podcast drops new episodes each Monday, with a live recording available from Thursday 26 June. This year’s Glastonbury Collection on BBC Sounds is packed with themed editions: Zoe Ball’s interview with Rod Stewart, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco, 1Xtra’s Hip Hop at Glastonbury, and archival Desert Island Discs with Glastonbury greats.
Listeners can catch over 30 sets on demand, plus four Glastonbury Highlights compilations from Radio 1, 1Xtra, 6 Music and Radio 2 (available from 30 June for 30 days). And don’t miss the new Morning After Mixes for a blissful post-festival soundtrack.
BBC Introducing: The Next Generation Live
The BBC Introducing Stage opens at noon on Thursday 26 June with Annie and Nick’s live Sidetracked episode. This year, there's even a Radio 3 takeover with classical music and live performances curated by Georgia Mann, broadcast 4 July.
Emerging talent shines across the weekend, with Open Decks giving new DJs the spotlight, plus themed takeovers from Radio 1 Dance, 6 Music’s Indie Forever, and Radio 2’s Alternative Sounds of the 90s.
Artists like ALT BLK ERA, Chalk, Lambrini Girls, and MRCY are among those lighting up the stage. Performances will later feature on BBC iPlayer and BBC Music’s YouTube channel.
Since 2007, BBC Introducing has supported hundreds of thousands of artists. And Glastonbury 2025 will be no different—it’s where new voices meet a global audience.