BBC partners with BT Sport in novel programming deal

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has partnered with pay-television broadcaster BT Sport to acquire rights to magazine programme the Clare Balding Show.

In what is being termed an innovative deal, the new series of the show, which begins on April 2, will be screened by both BT Sport and BBC Two.

The weekly hour-long entertainment and sport chat show will air on BT Sport on Thursdays, with a half-hour show being broadcast on BBC Two the following evening.

Past guests on the show have included Sir Alex Ferguson, Mike Tyson, Martina Navratilova, Mark Cavendish, Dame Kelly Holmes and Jose Mourinho.