ANZAC Day 2018: guide

ABC, Seven & Nine have dedicated ANZAC Day programming on Wednesday.

Coverage begins from 4:30am with Dawn Services and will continue to Villers-Bretonneux in France.

All times are AEST.

ABC:

The ABC live coverage of ANZAC Day marches in each state, the Gallipoli service in Turkey, and other services at home and abroad have become fundamental to the commemoration of Anzac Day for Australians.

2018 marks the 103rd anniversary of the action by Australian, New Zealand and other Commonwealth troops in Gallipoli in 1915.

The ABC’s coverage will coordinate the key commemorative events from Australia, Turkey and France.

These will be broadcast on ABC, ABC News channel, and live streaming on ABC iview and Facebook throughout the day.

From 4.30am AEST, ABC will broadcast the ANZAC Dawn Service from Sydney, followed by the ANZAC Dawn Service from Canberra at 5.30am AEST.

This will be followed from 9am AEST with live local coverages of marches in all State Capital cities.

At 12.30pm AEST, the Gallipoli Dawn Service will commence from the Anzac Commemorative site located by the water at Anzac Cove in Turkey. The cove is on the Gallipoli Peninsula and following the landing became the main base for the Australian and New Zealand troops during the 8-month campaign. 450,000 people watched the telecast of the Gallipoli dawn service in 2017.

This year is also the 100th anniversary of the re-capture of the French town of Villers- Bretonneux by the Australians on Anzac Day in 1918. More than 8,000 attendees, including the Prime Minister of Australia, are expected at the dawn service, which will be broadcast live at 1.30pm AEST from the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux.

As is customary, the Anzac Day Address by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC, will be broadcast nationally immediately before the ABC evening news bulletins at 7pm.

SEVEN:

4:45am Currumbin Dawn Service
Live coverage of the Anzac Day Currumbin dawn service.
6am Sunrise
3pm AFL
It’s the traditional ANZAC Day clash from the MCG as the Magpies and Bombers pay their respects to our fallen heroes. Bounce time 3.20pm

NINE:

4:30am Nine News Special
Join the Nine News team for the Dawn Service live from the Cenotaph, Martin Place, Sydney.
5:30am Today
12:30pm Nine News Special
Join Nine News team live from Gallipoli for the dawn service.
1:40pm Nine News Special
Join Nine News as we remember the fallen from the 1918 Battle to Recapture Villers-Bretonneux.