How to watch the European Eventing Championships on TV
The FEI European Eventing Championships kick off tomorrow (28 August) at Luhmühlen in Germany.
If you’re stuck in your office or at home, you don’t have to miss out on the action — keep up-to-date with the BBC and FEI TV.
FEI TV will be livestreaming each phase (available to those with a subscription), while the BBC will be broadcasting the cross-country and showjumping live on the BBC Red Button, with a highlights programme airing on BBC2 at the end of the weekend.
Here’s your guide to what’s on when…
Thursday 29 August
9am (BST): morning session of dressage — FEI TV1pm (BST): afternoon session of dressage — FEI TV
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Friday 30 August
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9am (BST): morning session of dressage — FEI TV
1pm (BST): afternoon session of dressage — FEI TV
Saturday 31 August
9am (BST): cross-country — BBC Red Button and FEI TV
Sunday 1 September
10am (BST): morning session of showjumping — BBC Red Button and FEI TV
12.40pm (BST): afternoon session of showjumping — BBC Red Button and FEI TV
There will also be a highlights programme between 4.15pm and 6pm on BBC Two on Sunday 1 September.
Don’t miss our European Eventing Championships preview in the 22 August issue of H&H magazine and the full report on 5 September, where we’ll analyse the action in full.
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Gemma is an experienced journalist, who was a member of H&H staff from 2014 to September 2025. She is passionate about all equestrian sports, including racing and point-to-pointing. She has enjoyed riding out for top trainers Nicky Henderson and Charlie Appleby and took part in a charity Flat race at Epsom in August 2018. Gemma’s has reported from numerous five-star events around Britain and Europe, as well as European championships.