What's On ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button: 20th February - 5th March
Here's our regular look at what's coming up under the red button...
EastEnders 25th Anniversary Quiz*
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button viewers are cordially invited
to the Queen Vic where John Partridge and Rita Simons aka Christian and
Roxy await your company for some banter at the bar.
Press red to take a trip down memory lane and celebrate Albert Square's
25th year with our EastEnders Anniversary Quiz. Filmed on location at the
world-famous boozer these two well known faces from the Square take us through
some of the series' most infamous episodes from the 80s to the 00s.
Using the colour keys on your remote you'll be tested on your knowledge
of some of the show's greatest story lines.
Will you be a Walford wonder or just another duff-duff?
Sky & Virgin:
Monday 22nd February, 10am - 2.30am (23rd)
Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th February, 6am - 5am (daily)
Thursday 25th February, 6am - 9.55pm
Friday 26th February, 6am - 2.30pm & 11.30pm - 5am (27th)
Saturday 27th February, 6am - 8.30am, 11.30am - 2pm & 9.50pm - 5am (28th)
Sunday 28th February - Friday 5th March, 6am - 5am (daily)
Freeview:
Monday 22nd February, 8.10pm - 9.50pm
Thursday 25th February, 7.10pm - 9.50pm
Monday 1st March, 9.30am - 12.35am (2nd)
Tuesday 2nd March, 4.10am - 5am & 6am - 5am (3rd)
Wednesday 3rd March, 6am - 2pm, 3pm - 7.20pm & 10.10pm - 12.35am (4th)
Thursday 4th March, 4.10am - 5am & 6am - 10.15pm
Friday 5th March, 4.10am - 5am, 6am - 12pm & 1pm - 5am
(not available on Freesat)
The Virtual Revolution*
Twenty years on from the invention of the world wide web a major new ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two series takes stock of its profound impact - how, for better and for worse, the digital revolution is reshaping our lives.
Each of the four episodes is the result of a groundbreaking production process that invited web users to help shape the series on the programme's website.
As part of this initiative, for the first time ever raw uncut video from
a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ documentary was made available online to download allowing users to
create their own content and comment based on the original material.
Now, following each episode, the winners of this Virtual Revolution
short film competition will be shown on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button.
To view more entries and download the digital rushes used in the competition
visit the website at bbc.co.uk/virtualrevolution
Available following The Virtual Revolution (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two)
Sky & Virgin:
Saturday 20th February, 9.10pm - 4am
Tuesday 2nd March, 12.45am - 4am
Thursday 4th March, 12.45am - 4am
Freeview:
Tuesday 2nd March, 12.45am - 4am
Thursday 4th March, 12.45am - 4am
(not available on Freesat)
Bellamy's People*
Continuing our commitment to comedy, throughout January and February we'll be giving the red button treatment to Bellamy's People, the show that reunites Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson for their first television collaboration in 10 years.
Hapless radio talk show host Gary Bellamy will be taking digital viewers
behind the scenes of his complex and ground breaking TV series. Follow Gary
and his dedicated crew on a trip around our great nation as we look at the
making of Bellamy's People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland. What could be more interesting than that?
Sky & Virgin:
Sunday 21st February, 9pm - 1.30am
Thursday 25th February, 10.25pm - 4am
Monday 1st March, 9pm - 12.15am
Tuesday 2nd March, 9pm - 4am
Wednesday 3rd March, 9pm - 12.15am
Thursday 4th March, 10.25pm - 4am
Friday 5th March, 9.30pm - 4am
Freeview:
Thursday 4th March, 10.25pm - 4am
(not available on Freesat)
The National Lottery: In It to Win It*
Dale Winton presents the game show where more
people compete for a big money jackpot.
Think you can do better?
Press red during the show to pit your wits against
the studio contestants every Saturday night.
Come the final round will YOU still be in it to win it?
Available during the show (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One)
Saturday 20th & 27th February
(Sky only. Not available on Virgin, Freeview or Freesat)
The Danny Baker Show on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 live
When ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button brought its cameras into
the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 5 live studios to give viewers a glimpse behind the scenes
of the 606 football phone-in show last year, Danny Baker and Tim
Lovejoy were among the presenters. Now Danny's back with his Saturday morning
show for the 2009/2010 football season and the cameras are continuing to
roll!
As well as seeing the man himself (possibly wearing his favourite pirate
hat), digital viewers pressing the red button can send in texts and pictures
to be shown on screen.
These will be accompanied by all the great content you might expect from
5 live: the weekend's football tables, fixture lists, upcoming commentaries,
sports news and details of upcoming Red Button content. Plus, look out for
some rather more unexpected content: spoof fixtures and unique animations
as Danny sets up audience head-to-heads on the phone.
Brett Spencer, Interactive Editor at 5 live, discusses the visualisation
in more depth on the station's blog.
Sky, Virgin & Freeview:
Saturday 20th & 27th February, 9am - 11am
(not available on Freesat)
CBeebies Red Button
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button welcomes younger viewers and grown-ups
with a sense of adventure to a big, bright and fun new world. The CBeebies
interactive service has relaunched!
Now your children's favourite characters are at the heart of the interactive
TV experience. A big, new and bright carousel now greets visitors providing
easy access to games, other children's interactive services such as karaoke
or quizzes, birthdays and star of the week messages.
Different Games
Reflecting the popularity of games for the young audience, a new range of
activities has been specially created. The updated service brings with it
brand new games for some of the most popular shows on CBeebies, including
In The Night Garden and The Green Balloon Club. These new
games replace the old ones, which had become increasingly outdated.
Satellite and digital terrestrial viewers will have slightly different offerings from one another. This has enabled us to offer the best games tailored to each system.
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Children's producer Damian Vicary discusses the service on the Press Red blog.
CBeebies Red Button is available now on the CBeebies
channel, and via page 5900 on other channels.
Sky & Freeview
(not available on Virgin or 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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button page 155 along with details of the panel and the topics
under discussion.
Available during the show (³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One)
Thursday 25th February & Thursday 4th March
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview
News Multiscreen: Video Choice
Each weekday ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ News' On Demand team will be rounding-up the day's best picture stories to bring viewers a two-minute package of highlights. On weekends the tone becomes more conversational when Red Button viewers can watch a topical interview in our 'Five Minutes with...' slot.
Video Choice: Weekdays (available around the clock)
Five Minutes With...:
Weekends (around the clock)
Sky & Virgin
(not available on Freeview or Freesat)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport Multiscreen*
Catch up on all the latest Sport via the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cover the best that ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport has to offer.
Coming up...
Winter Olympics: Vancouver 2010*
The 2010 Vancouver Olympics is the 14th Winter Olympic Games broadcast by
the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ, a sequence that has run unbroken since the 1960 Games in Squaw
Valley, California, USA.
Viewers will be able to access live coverage, the latest news updates and
any of those missed magical moments, regardless of the time of day and where
they are, through the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's extensive TV, radio, online, red button, mobile
and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ iPlayer services.
The competition schedule involves 86 medal events from biathlon to bobsleigh; curling to cross-country; skiing to skeleton; snowboarding to ski jumping and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TV will broadcast more than 160 hours on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Two and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ HD (with an additional 13 hours also available on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ HD), bringing British audiences the global stories of ambition, determination and courage, while capturing the excitement, drama and magical moments that make the Winter Olympics such a unique sporting event.
A packed ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button schedule will ensure the most extensive Winter Games programme yet with 2000 hours of interactive coverage being made available. Red Button viewers will be able to access up to six additional streams with live action being shown 4pm - 6am daily, while from 6am each day a 30-minute highlights show will also be screened encapsulating all the day's action.
Live coverage from Saturday 13th - Sunday 28th February.
Highlights available until Wednesday 10th March (Sky/Virgin/Freesat. Until
1st March on Freeview)
The full Winter Olympics schedule is available to view
Additionally, all Red Button streams can viewed on the .
Rugby on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button...*
- 6 Nations Live: Commentary Choice†
Live coverage of the 6 nations with audio options.
Friday 26th February:
Wales v France, 7.55pm - 10pm
Saturday 27th February:
Italy v Scotland, 1pm - 3.30pm
England v Ireland, 3.30pm - 6pm
(Sky/Virgin/Freesat. Not available on Freeview)
- 6 Nations Forum†
Post match analysis and debate with interviews.
Saturday 27th February, 6pm - 6.30pm
(Sky/Virgin/Freesat. Not available on Freeview)
- 6 Nations Highlights*
Sky/Virgin/Freesat:
Saturday 27th February, 6.30pm - 9.45pm
Sunday 28th February, 4.30pm - 6am (1st)
Monday 1st March, 6.30pm - 6am (2nd)
Tuesday 2nd March, 6.30pm - Sunday 7th March, 6am
Freeview:
Sunday 28th February, 1pm - 4.30pm
- Scrum V Live†
Live coverage with audio options.
Friday 5th March, 7pm - 9pm
(Sky/Virgin/Freesat. Not available on Freeview)
Football on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button...†
With the 2009/10 season football season in full swing, here at ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Red Button
we won't taking our eyes off the ball with a host of programming to keep
fans up to date with the action until the silverware is lifted in MayÂ…
- Final Score*
Gaby Logan and guests keep you up to date with all the day's football news
and results.
Saturday 20th February from 2.30pm
(all platforms)
Saturday 27th February from 2.30pm
(all platforms, finishes early on Freeview)
- Live International Football: Northern Ireland v Albania
Live coverage of the friendly between Northern Ireland & Albania.
Wednesday 3rd March, 7.30pm - 10pm
(all platforms)
³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Sport is available 24 hours a day
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview*
(*limited coverage on Freeview, †unavailable on Freeview)
Please note that Red Button sport timings are subject to change at short
notice.
Please check the for the latest information.
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