What's On Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button: 20th June - 3rd July
Here's our fortnightly look at what's coming up under the red button...
Glastonbury 2009
Don your wellies, unfurl your flags, festival
season is upon us! Once again Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button will be heading to Somerset
to join the muddied masses at Glastonbury. Complementing Ö÷²¥´óÐã Television and
Ö÷²¥´óÐã 6 Music's coverage of Glastonbury this year, digital viewers will be
offered up to five streams over the festival weekend, including 30-minute
catch-ups of highlights of most of the sets that the Ö÷²¥´óÐã is filming, and
one stream dedicated to visualising 6 Music's coverage. The streams start
at 7pm on Friday, 4.20pm on Saturday and 5.30pm on Sunday and there is also
the opportunity to catch up on content during the following week.
In addition, viewers will be able to watch the sets of more than 40 artists, including all the headliners, via the Ö÷²¥´óÐã website.
This year's line-up includes Neil Young, The Specials, Lily Allen, The Prodigy, Franz Ferdinand, Lady Gaga, Jarvis Cocker, Bruce Springsteen and Britpop torch-bearers Blur. For full details visit the Glastonbury website.
Highlights Update...
Ö÷²¥´óÐã 6Music are please to able to confirm their picks of the festival weekend to be shown this week under the red button. Each set will be introduced by a different DJ (shown in brackets):
- Monday: Bruce Springsteen (introduced by Steve Lamacq)
- Tuesday: The Specials (Lauren Laverne)
- Wednesday: Fleet Foxes (Gideon Coe)
- Thursday: Gaslight Anthem (Steve Lamacq)
- Friday: Dizzee Rascal (Cerys Matthews)
Weekend Coverage: Friday 26th - Sunday 28th June
Highlights: Monday 29th June - Friday 3rd July
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview*
*Limited coverage on Freeview due to Wimbledon:
9.15am - 11.30am and 9.15pm - 5.45am (Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri)
9.15am - 11.30am only (Thu)
Available around the clock on all other platforms
CÖ÷²¥´óÐã F1
If you like your Formula 1 coverage exciting, funny, informative, irreverent,
cheeky and downright fun, you'll find all that and more on the CÖ÷²¥´óÐã F1 service!
This Sunday's race promises to be bursting with excitement as the GP comes
to these shores at Silverstone. We've got interviews with F1 champion, Damon
Hill and we'll be chatting to Formula 1 presenter and ex-CÖ÷²¥´óÐã star, Jake
Humphrey. You'll hear questions from our audience, comedy sketches, quizzes,
crazy challenges, race predictions and some amazing facts!
So tune in for each Grand Prix to hear Michael "Abs" Absalom,
F1 expert Perry McCarthy and a CÖ÷²¥´óÐã star presenter on the Sport Multiscreen
for interviews, sketches and up to date info on what's going on in each
race.
Available on race days only:
British GP - 22nd June
Sky, Virgin, Freeview & Freesat
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport Multiscreen*
Catch up on all the latest Sport via the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport multiscreen.
Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams
available to cover the best that Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport has to offer.
Coming up...
- Wimbledon 2009*
This year, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button is offering digital viewers a choice of up to
five live matches, plus a highlights service and replays of the tournament's
top matches. When there is coverage on Ö÷²¥´óÐã One and Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two, Freeview offers
a choice of up to four matches.
As always, over the course of the Wimbledon
fortnight, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's team of commentators are on hand with expert opinion,
but for those viewers who prefer to watch their tennis without commentary
Red Button gives the option to switch it off for the true court-side experience.
A digital text service is available with news, results and score updates
while on Tuesday evenings from 7pm, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 5 Live's 6-Love-6 programme
will be on hand to discuss every tie-break and tantrum.
Live coverage: 22nd June - 5th July
Highlights: 6th - 8th July
- F1*
F1 fans can customise their viewing experience via the red button with access
to all on-track sessions including Friday and Saturday practice and qualifying.
On race day itself a choice of three streams will be available featuring
split-screen in-car camera feeds, leaderboards and rolling highlights, with
the option to listen to either network or Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 5 Live commentary. After
the end of each race on Ö÷²¥´óÐã One there will be an additional interactive
programme analysing the weekend's events and picking up views from the paddock
with race highlights often available the following day.
British GP: 19th - 22nd June
- Football: Confederations Cup
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button is teaming up with Ö÷²¥´óÐã Three and Ö÷²¥´óÐã Online for exclusive
coverage of the 8th FIFA Confederations Cup. The tournament is made up of
the winners of the six football confederation championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF,
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA) along with World Cup winners Italy and the hosts, South
Africa.
All afternoon matches plus the third place play-off will be shown live on
Red Button, with evening matches on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Three.
14th - 28th June
Full schedule available available on the Press
Office website
- MotoGP*
As Valentino Rossi looks to defend the title he comfortably won last year
join Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button trackside for every twist and turn of the 2009 championship.
This season coverage has been expanded to include Saturday afternoon qualifying
sessions, re-runs and highlights alongside the existing race day coverage
and post-race MotoGP Extra programme.
Assen GP: 26th, 27th June
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Sport multiscreen is available 24 hours a day
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview*
(*limited coverage on Freeview)
Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short notice.
The full Sport Interactive schedule is available on the
Archive Moon Landing
On July 21st Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button will mark the 40th
anniversary of the first moon landing picking a classic episode of The Sky
at Night from the Ö÷²¥´óÐã archives. Join Sir Patrick Moore as he introduces
an edition from 2007 focussing its telescope on the moon. Chris Lintott
reports on the Apollo moon landings and explores the now deserted Mission
Control with Eugene Cernan, three-time Apollo astronaut and the man who,
since 1972, has held the title 'last man on the moon'.
Sunday 21st June following 'James May on the Moon'
(Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two) &
Wednesday 24th June, following 'James May's 20th Century' (Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two)
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)
Comedy Extra
With a raft of exciting new comedy airing on Ö÷²¥´óÐã
Two in 2009, digital viewers in the mood to tickle the red buttons on their
remotes can keep the laughter going after the show has finished.
This month we've rolled out the red carpet for the new series of That Mitchell
and Webb Look. Grab your digital remote after 9pm most evenings as Robert
and David introduce a gaggle of sketches you won't see in the main show
along with a unique series of animations from their radio show commissioned
just for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button.
That Mitchell and Webb Look Extra
12th - 25th June & 29th June - 3rd July
c.9.30pm - 4am (timings may vary)
Sky, Virgin & Freeview*
*very limited coverage on Freeview
(not available on Freesat)
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio 5live: Mayo and Kermode's Film Review from Edinburgh
For 20 years now Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode have
been disagreeing about the latest film releases on air. And this March things
reached a whole new level as they locked their critical horns in Leeds in
front of a live audience.
Now, with plaudits from the last excursion still ringing in their ears, the duo are repeating the trick at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. This time the event will be filmed with the best bits shown on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button. Simon's even promised the Good Doctor Kermode an appearance by a silver screen celebrity of "substantial size". Whether he was talking physical dimensions or international renown we're not sure, but we'll be pressing red to find out!
Friday 19th - Sunday 21st June, 7.30pm - 4am daily
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)
Blue Peter: Behind the Scenes
Nine months into the job and Blue Peter presenter Joel Defries
looks pretty comfortable in front of the camera - you might say he's a natural.
But how would he fare if asked to step over to the other side of the lens?
Well Red Button viewers are about to find out as he takes the reins of CÖ÷²¥´óÐã's
flagship programme for the first time, directing his fellow presenters and
studio crew. This might just be Joel's toughest challenge yet.
Tuesday 16th - Sunday 21st June (daytime only)
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)
Question Time Interactive
Take part in the studio debate by sending a text message
to the Question Time team.
Each week a selection of viewers' comments will appear during the programme
on Red Button page 155 along with details of the panel and the topics under
discussion.
Thursday 25th June & 2nd July, during the show
(Ö÷²¥´óÐã One)
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview
CBeebies Games
From Little Cook's kitchen to Bob the Builder's construction
site, there's always somewhere different to explore under the red button!
Here's what's coming up...
15th - 21st June
Sky: Bob the Builder, Balamory, Tweenies (story)
Freeview: Postman Pat, Bob the Builder
Virgin: Tikkabilla
22nd - 28th June
Sky: Tweenies, Tikkabilla, Tweenies (story)
Freeview: Tikkabilla
Virgin: Roly Mo
29th June - 5th July
Sky: Bob the Builder, Little Cook, Tweenies (story)
Freeview: Bill and Ben, Fimbles
Virgin: Tikkabilla
(not available on Freesat)
Radio Red Button
Did you know that Ö÷²¥´óÐã Red Button offers a round-the-clock
service via the radio channels on Freeview, Freesat and Virgin? As you listen,
the audio is complemented by glanceable LiveText, such as details of the
track being playing, sports scores and news headlines. For those who want
to dig deeper, pressing the red button launches programme information, station
news and links to related eTV events. Every national Ö÷²¥´óÐã radio station has
its own bespoke service. Alongside those ten national stations, five of
the nation's stations and five regional stations also have their own Red
Button service on Virgin Media.
A recent reshuffle of services on Freeview meant that we were able to extend the full radio interface to listeners of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã World Service in the UK – around one and a half million of them at the last count.
World Service Red Button on Freeview offers live information about the
station including whatÂ’s on now and next, the full programme schedule,
the latest world news headlines and a look at what's coming soon. With the
station offering such a rich mix of world news, investigations, documentaries,
debate and discussion, daily business, science, arts and sport we hope the
service will help listeners around the schedule to the programmes that interest
them most.
Red Button Radio is available on
Virgin, Freesat & Freeview
(not available on Sky)
Comments