Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League.
In 2015, Guinness World Records recognised Match of the Day "as the longest-running football television programme in the world."[2] It is one of the BBC's longest-running shows, having been on air since 22 August 1964, though it has not always been aired regularly.