The ABC will bring Australians full coverage of this Saturday’s Coronation of King Charles III across its television and digital radio platforms and to audiences across the Asia Pacific via ABC Australia and Radio Australia.

The Drum’s Julia Baird and ABC News presenter Jeremy Fernandez will host the special coverage from 5.00pm (AEST) before crossing live to London for the BBC’s coverage at 7.30pm.

Leading into the Coronation, a two-hour special from 5.00pm will look at the type of monarch King Charles might be and how relevant the monarchy is to the lives of Australians and within the broader Commonwealth in 2023.

Guests will include Stan Grant; co-chair of the republican movement Craig Foster; monarchist and Liberal MP Julian Leeser; writer Kathy Lette; lawyer, writer and Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman Teela Reid; 2023 Australian Local Hero of the YearAmar Singh; Youth Advocate Angelica Ojinnaka; Constitutional Law Professor Anne Twomey; and Juliet Rieden from The Australian Women’s Weekly.

BROADCAST DETAILS for Saturday 6 May (all in AEST):

ABC TV, ABC News Channel, ABC iview and ABC Australia: The Coronation of King Charles III.

5.00pm – 6.00pm. Panel discussion and preview

6.00pm – 7.00pm. Panel discussion continues plus arrivals at Westminster Abbey

7.00pm – 7.30pm. ABC TV: local News bulletins (6.30pm in SA + NT, 5.00pm in WA)

7.00pm – 7.30pm. ABC News Channel and ABC Australia: live coronation coverage continues.

7.30pm – 8.00pm. Julia Baird and Jeremey Fernandez introduce the BBC’s live coverage with The King’s Procession

8.00pm – 10.00pm. The Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort

10.00pm – 10.45pm. Procession from Westminster to Buckingham Palace

10.45pm – 11.30pm. Celebrations and the Royal Family on the Balcony at Buckingham Palace

ABC Radio (local digital on DAB+; TV channel 25, ABC listen app), ABC News Radio and Radio Australia.

7.35pm – 10.00pm. Live coverage from the BBC, London. Nightlife will cross to BBC News’ Rich Preston outside Buckingham Palace after 10.00pm

In addition to live coverage of the Coronation, ABC iview will feature Charles R: The Making Of A Monarch; Camilla’s Country Life; A Grand Royal Design; and Prince Charles: Inside The Duchy Of Cornwall.

For more information, please contact ABC Communications Lead, John Woodward at: Woodward.john@abc.net.au