Live coverage of the Professional Darts Corporation’s inaugural Champions League of Darts begins on Saturday 24 September across BBC One and BBC Two.
The two day tournament shown over the weekend sees the best players on the PDC circuit go head to head at the oche.
The BBC will bring all the action live from the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff presented by Jason Mohammad. Caroline Barker will be the reporter with commentary provided by Vassos Alexander and Dan Dawson and a panel of experts including Paul Nicholson, Mark Webster and Alan Warriner-Little.
The Champions League of Darts features the top eight players from the PDC Order of Merit following July's BetVictor World Matchplay. Among them are 2016 World Champion Gary Anderson, ‘the best player of all time’ Phil Taylor and current world number one, Michael Van Gerwen.
Over the course of the two day tournament the stars will split into two groups of four players kicking off with a round-robin phase. The top two players from each group will then progress to knockout semi-finals and the final, with a £100,000 first prize on offer for the eventual champion.
Philip Bernie, Head of TV Sport says: “BBC Sport is delighted to showcase the first ever Champions League of Darts and give terrestrial audiences the chance to watch top level PDC players compete. We welcome the exciting new tournament to the BBC where viewers can catch some of the biggest names in darts compete for the coveted title.”
BBC Sport will also stream all of the action on its popular Live pages including rolling coverage and text updates, results, fans’ pictures, votes and debate on the BBC Sport website and mobile app.
Ahead of the tournament BBC One airs A Question of Sport Darts Special on 21 September with guests Michael Van Gerwen and Adrian Lewis. CBBC will broadcast a special Blue Peter Sports Badge show on 22 September, featuring young darts hopeful Beau Greaves who gives presenter Barney Harwood some tips before going head to head with him in a light-hearted match.
Some of the BBC’s well-loved presenters from the world of sport, entertainment and radio have been on taking on BBC Sport’s nine dart challenge. BBC Radio 2’s Dermot O’Leary, BBC Radio 1’s Greg James and The One Show’s Alex Jones are just a few of the names that have been filmed trying their hands at the sport, to be shown during the coverage of the Champions League of Darts and on the BBC Sport website.
BBC Radio 5 live’s Fighting Talk will also broadcast live from the Motorpoint Arena on Saturday 24 September from 10.30-11.30am with Barry Hearn joining the satirical sport show panel, who compete for points with their punditry.
The Champions League of Darts airs across BBC One and BBC Two, Saturday 24 September and Sunday 25 September.