August will see the most table tennis on television for a long time with the BBC showing coverage of all the major action, this will be available via the red button service which is available on digital and satellite. The schedule is as follows;

Wednesday 13th August
Men and Women’s team event, first round.
03:00 Live coverage
14:30
23:30

Thursday 14th August
Men and Women’s team event, second round.
03:00 Live coverage
06:00

Men and Women’s team event, third round.
12:30 Live coverage
22:30 Singles and women’s doubles quarter-finals highlights.

Friday 15th August
02:00 Men’s and Women’s Team semi-final and bronze medal matches.

Saturday 16th August
03:00 Men’s and Women’s Team bronze medal play-offs.
12:30 Men’s Team semi-final

Sunday 17th August
03:00 Men's team bronze, women's team gold and bronze.

Monday 18th August
0200-0545: Women's singles preliminaries
0730-1030: Men's team bronze match
1230-1530: Men's team gold match

Tuesday 19th August
03:00, 11:00 Men's singles preliminaries & round 1, women's singles round 1.

Wednesday 20th August
03:00, 11:00 Men's singles round 2, women's singles round 2 & 3.

Thursday 21st August
0300-0900: Women's singles round 4, men's singles round 3.
1100-1500: Women's singles quarter-finals, men's singles round 4.

Friday 22nd August
0300-1330: Women's singles semi-final, bronze and gold medal matches, men's singles quarter-final.

Saturday 23rd August
0300-0500: Men's singles semi-final, bronze and gold medal matches.

Coverage for the finals has not been announced yet.

For the full schedule of events from China click here.