There will be three special BBC One programmes to launch the new season, as The NFL Show follows Match Of The Day on Saturday nights starting on 17 September. Mark Chapman will provide a 30-minute digest of all the major stories shaping the NFL world alongside charismatic Super Bowl winners Osi Umenyiora and Jason Bell.

This year there will also be a Tuesday night review show every week of the season on BBC Two, starting on 13 September at 11.20pm. NFL: This Week will feature the best of the action all the way through to Super Bowl LI in Houston next February.

The BBC will again have live coverage of the showpiece event in the NFL calendar, along with the three London games in October, starting with the Indianapolis Colts against the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley on 2 October. There will also be a range of social and digital content to support the programmes, including Facebook Live.

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