MUMBAI: BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, has commissioned a bespoke Glastonbury programme that will stream directly from the festival to air live on its international channel portfolio.

Glastonbury 2013 will be a six-hour television event taking global audiences to the heart of the action of this iconic open air British music and performing arts festival.

On 30 June - the final day of the festival - the six-hour broadcast will run without break and feature highlights from Friday, Saturday and Sunday performances.

The highlights and live coverage will be linked by BBC presenters on site and a 90s? highlights package will also be made available for the channels following the festival as part of the deal brokered by acquisitions and content manager, content Richard Acton and director music content Salim Mukaddam.

Commissioned specifically for the international channels audience by BBC Worldwide VP commissioning, content Tracy Forsyth the bespoke programme Glastonbury 2013 is the ninth original production to be announced within the global commissioning strategy for BBC branded channels.

Forsyth said, "We are delighted to be bringing yet another world-class British event to our audiences across the globe. The scale and quality of Glastonbury and its consistently stellar line-up of music acts have given it a well-earned reputation as one of the world?s not-to-be-missed events, so we are excited to be bringing our viewers closer than ever before."

Glastonbury 2013 will be available on BBC Entertainment (Asia, Latin America, Poland, Nordics and South Africa), BBC Knowledge (Asia), BBC HD (EMEA and Latin America) and UKTV (Australia and New Zealand). The line-up for the six-hour broadcast is yet to be announced.

Glastonbury regularly sees over 150,000 festival goers coming together in a huge tented city. The festival has played host to some of the biggest names in music including Beyonce, Coldplay and U2 and musical greats Tom Jones, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and David Bowie.