Winter Olympics 2018: a day-by-day guide for UK viewers

The Winter Olympics begin this week, showcasing the world's very best athletes on snow and ice.

Taking place in PyeongChang in South Korea, Team GB have set a modest medal target of five. But there's every chance they could bring home more.

Here's everything you need to know, and what to watch day-by-day.

When are the Winter Olympics?

This year's Winter Games take place across two weeks, from 9 - 25 February.

The games will kick off with the opening ceremony, which will air on Friday (9 Feb) at around 11am UK time.

Which UK channels are showing the Winter Olympics?

The BBC will have extensive coverage of all the major events every day (consisting of live coverage, catch-up programmes and highlights) and you'll be able to catch up on most disciplines through the red button.

Eurosport will also be broadcasting coverage of the games, if you're a Sky, BT or Virgin customer.

How will the time difference affect UK viewers?

South Korea's KST (Korea Standard Time) is nine hours ahead of the UK.

Each day's action will kick off around midnight UK time, which will mean very late nights or very early starts if you want to follow some events live.

However, the day's events will wind up around midday here, so there will be a few hours of live morning viewing.

A day-by-day guide

Day 1 - Saturday 10 February

The first day will see snowboarders take on the Slopestyle course (1am, BBC1), stringing together tricks across rails and over jumps. Billy Morgan is the Brit to watch; the 28-year old was the first to pull of a '1800 Quadruple Cork'.

Britain's Elise Christie competes in the Short Track Speed Skating (10am, BBC1), while the Men's Luge (11am, BBC red button) and Men's Normal Hill Final in the Ski Jumping (2.15pm, BBC1) provide thrills.

Medal events: Biathlon: Women's 7.5km Sprint / Cross Country Skiing: Women's 15km Skiathlon / Short Track Speed Skating: Men's 1500m / Ski Jumping: Men's Individual Normal Hill / Speed Skating: Women's 3000m

Day 2 - Sunday 11 February

All eyes will be on Britain's Andrew Musgrave in the men's skiathlon (6.15am, BBC1). He is the Aberdeenshire native who scored the best ever result for a GB cross country skier in the 2017 World Cup.

Ice skating is also big on the agenda, with Men's 5000m in the Speed Skating (7am, BBC1) and the Figure Skating Team Event (3am, BBC red button and 4.15am, BBC1).

Medal events: Speed Skating: Men's 5000m / Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill / Cross Country Skiing: Men's 30km Skiathlon / Biathlon: Men's 10km Sprint / Snowboarding: Men's Slopestyle / Freestyle Skiing: Women's Moguls / Luge: Men's Singles

Day 3 - Monday 12 February

Day three sees the women take to the Slopestyle course (1am, BBC1), with 20-year old Katie Ormerod Britain's best hope for a snowboarding medal.

There's also Alpine Skiing with gold medal events in the Women's Giant Slalom (2.40am, 4.45am, BBC1 and 7.40am BBC red button) and the Mixed Doubles competition gets underway in the Curling.

Medal events: Figure Skating: Team Event / Speed Skating: Women’s 1500m / Alpine Skiing: Women’s Giant Slalom / Ski Jumping: Women’s Individual Normal Hill / Biathlon: Women’s 10km Pursuit and Men’s 12.5km Pursuit / Snowboarding: Women’s Slopestyle / Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Moguls

Day 4 - Tuesday 13 February

Britain’s Elise Christie was disqualified three times in 2014's Sochi Winter Olympics; she'll be hoping for redemption this time round in the Women's Short Track Speed Skating (10am, 11.30am, BBC1).

Medal events: Short Track Speed Skating: Women’s 500m / Speed Skating: Men’s 1500m / Curling: Mixed Doubles / Alpine Skiing: Men’s Combined / Cross Country Skiing: Men’s and Women’s Sprint Classic / Snowboarding: Women’s Halfpipe / Luge: Women’s Singles

Day 5 - Wednesday 14 February

The Men's (midnight, 11am, BBC) and Women's Curling (5.30am, BBC1) both start today, with Britain in with a good chance of reaching the podium in both.