How to watch Glastonbury 2020 - full weekend line-up of music legends

Glastonbury Festival’s 50th anniversary was supposed to be happening this week.

While the actual festival has been cancelled, the BBC is still planning to celebrate the occasion by showing dozens of famous sets by legendary artists over the weekend.

Highlights include David Bowie's famous Pyramid Stage set from 2000 - the one the BBC didn't show in full 20 years ago - along with other performances from the likes of Adele, Beyonce and Oasis.

Full sets, highlights and films will be broadcast across BBC Two, BBC Four from Thursday-Sunday.

Even more sets will be aired on BBC iPlayer, where a dedicated Glastonbury channel showing classic sets from Thursday-Monday.

Here's what you can expect to see over the next few days.

Thursday June 25

BBC iPlayer

10am: Nick Cave and Bad Seeds

11.30am: Laura Marling

12:30pm: The Charlatans

1.30pm: Fontaines DC

2.30pm: Idles

3.30pm: Little Simz

4.30pm: LCD Soundsystem

6pm: Prime Scream

7.30pm: The Cure

9.30pm: Special Guest

11.30pm: Radiohead

Friday June 26

BBC Two

8.30pm: Glastonbury Live Experience. Highlights from acts including Oasis' 1994 appearance on the NME stage, Stormzy's headline performance last year and The Rolling Stones' 2013 set.

10pm: Beyoncé at Glastonbury 2011. Beyoncé closed the 2011 Glastonbury Festival, and her whole set will be shown.

Stormzy's Pyramid Stage set headlined day one of last year's Glastonbury Festival (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

11.30pm: Best of Glastonbury 2019. Highlights from last year's festival including Stormzy, Kylie Minogue, The Killers, Liam Gallagher and Miley Cyrus.

BBC Four

9pm: Elbow at Glastonbury 2011. Elbow's 2011 appearance on the Pyramid Stage came as they were riding the wave of Mercury Prize-winning album The Seldom Seen Kid.

10pm: Arthur Lee & Love: Forever Changes at Glastonbury 2003. The late Arthur Lee's set, featuring tracks from the influential 1967 album Forever Changes, complete with full backing band and string section.

11pm: Glastonbury Backstage Acoustics. The first of three special programmes showcasing acoustic performances in the BBC Two presentation tent.

Jay-Z responded to digs made by Noel Gallagher by performing Wonderwall at Glastonbury 2008 (Getty)

11.30pm: Jay-Z at Glastonbury 2008. Jay-Z's famous Pyramid Stage set included a tongue-in-cheek performance of Wonderwall, a response to Noel Gallagher's criticism of the rapper's booking.

BBC iPlayer

10am: Lana Del Ray

11am: Mark Ronson

12pm: Lewis Capaldi

1pm: Sigrid

2pm: The XX

3pm: Billie Eillish

4pm: Foals

5pm: Royal Blood

6pm: Foo Fighters

10pm: Beyonce

11.30pm: Jay-Z

12.30am: Disclosure

Saturday June 27

BBC Two

8pm: The Glastonbury Experience - Live. Previously unseen or rarely shown highlights including R.E.M., Dizzee Rascal sending the crowd 'Bonkers' and Coldplay's 2000 debut on The Other Stage.

9.30pm: Adele at Glastonbury 2016. Full showing of Adele's Saturday night headline slot on the Pyramid Stage. 

Adele headlined Glastonbury in 2016 (PA)

11.30pm: Coldplay at Glastonbury 2016. Highlights from Coldplay's festival-closing set from the Pyramid Stage.

BBC Four

7pm: Glastonbury Backstage Acoustics.  The second of three shows featuring stripped-down performances in the BBC Two presentation tent since 1997.

7.30pm: Toots & The Maytals at Glastonbury 2010. The Jamaican reggae group's performance 10 years ago.

10pm: The Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury 2000. Hour-long highlights of the dance duo's headline set including Hey Boy Hey Girl, Music Response and Block Rockin’ Beats.

11pm: Best of Glastonbury 2000. Moloko, Travis, Pet Shop Boys, Cypress Hill and Willie Nelson all feature in highlights from that year's festival.

BBC iPlayer

10am: Haim

11am: Rex Orange County

12pm: Janelle Monae

1pm: Kano

2pm: Dave

3pm: Bloc Party

4.30pm: Oasis

5.30pm: Lorde

6.30pm: Florence + The Machine

9.30pm: Adele

11.30pm: Coldplay

Sunday June 28

6.30pm: Glastonbury Teatime Legends. Highlights of those who have graced the Sunday Legends slot, including Neil Diamond, Brian Wilson, Shirley Bassey, Lionel Richie, Al Green and Kylie Minogue.

8pm: The Glastonbury Experience - Live. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1999), Lady Gaga (2009) and Arctic Monkeys (2013) all feature in rarely shown highlights, alongside acoustic sets and special guests.

9.30pm: David Bowie at Glastonbury 2000. The BBC shows David Bowie's headline set in full for the first time.

David Bowie's full Glastonbury set was not shown live by the BBC back in 2000 (Reuters)

11.30pm: Ed Sheeran at Glastonbury 2017. His festival-closing set featured hits such as Castle on The Hill, The A Team and Bloodstream.

BBC Four

8pm: Nile Rodgers & Chic at Glastonbury 2017. We Are Family, Le Freak, Good Times and Get Lucky feature in hour-long highlights.

9pm: Glastonbury Backstage Acoustics. The final episode containing stripped-back performances from the BBC Two presentation tent.

9.30pm: Amy Winehouse at Glastonbury 2007. Winehouse's late evening set from the Jazz World Stage featured Tears Dry On Their Own, Back To Black and Rehab as the sun set on Glastonbury.

Amy Winehouse performed twice at the 2007 Glastonbury Festival (Getty)

10.30pm: Best of Glastonbury 2011. Two hours of highlights including Kool & The Gang, B.B. King, Biffy Clyro, Anna Calvi, Jimmy Cliff, Mumford & Sons, U2, Jessie J and Paul Simon.

BBC iPlayer

10am: Bon Iver

11am: Michael Kiwanuka

12pm: Dizzee Rascal

1pm: Lady Gaga

2pm: Kylie

3.30pm: Special Guest

4.30pm: The Killers

5.30pm: George Ezra

9.30pm: David Bowie

11.30pm: Ed Sheeran

Monday June 29

BBC iPlayer

10am: Lionel Richie

11.30am: Christine + The Queens

12.30pm: Mumford & Sons

1.30pm: Special Guest

3pm: Arctic Monkeys

4pm: PJ Harvey

5.30pm: Amy Winehouse

6.30pm: Stormzy

8.30pm: Adele

10pm: Beyonce

11.30pm: Blur