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What's On 91Èȱ¬ Red Button: 1st - 14th August

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John Horth | 15:22 UK time, Friday, 31 July 2009

Here's our fortnightly look at what's coming up under the red button...

91Èȱ¬ Sport Multiscreen*

Sport MultiscreenCatch up on all the latest Sport via the 91Èȱ¬ Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cover the best that 91Èȱ¬ Sport has to offer.

Coming up...

- Football: The Football League Show / Final Score
Kicking off this month, Championship football returns to the 91Èȱ¬ with ten live games to be screened over the course of the 2009/10 season. These matches will also be streamed live on the 91Èȱ¬ website (for UK users only), as will all the goals from every game in the Football League, the League Cup and Football League Trophy.
Additionally, each Saturday morning viewers can join Manish Bhasin, ex-player Steve Claridge and Radio 5Live favourite Mark Clemmit for all the goals, round-up and debate on 91Èȱ¬ One in The Football League Show which will then be made available following Match of the Day on 91Èȱ¬ Red Button until noon the next day.
Meanwhile, Gabby Logan will be taking the helm of Final Score. Join her and guests to keep up to date with all the goals as they go in from 2.30pm each Saturday.
The Football League Show: Sundays from 9th August
Final Score: Saturdays from 2.30pm from 8th August

- Football: Champions League Qualifier
Red Button joins 91Èȱ¬ Scotland for live coverage of the Champions League clash between Dinamo Moscow and Celtic, with Celtic aiming to overturn a 1-0 defecit from the first leg.
Wednesday 5th August, from 4.45pm

- Cricket: The Ashes*
Results so far have been anything but predictable, with England forcing a draw against the odds in Cardiff and breaking their 75-year hoodoo against Australia at Lord's.
91Èȱ¬ Red Button will be on hand for the remainder of this smouldering series with scorecards and statistics supplementing live commentary from the Test Match Special team led by Jonathan Agnew.
Third Test, Edgbaston: 30th July - 3rd August
Fourth Test, Headingley: 7th - 11th August
Fifth Test, The Oval: 20th - 24th August

- Rugby League: The Super League Show / Rugby League Forum*
The Super League Show offers viewers another chance to catch up with the weekend's Rugby League action, while following the the Rugby League Challenge Cup semi-final between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves press red for post-match analysis, round up and debate in the Rugby League Forum.
The Super League Show: from 7pm Sunday 2nd to Monday 3rd August
Rugby League Forum: 4.30pm, Saturday 8th August

- Swimming: World Championships*
91Èȱ¬ Red Button will be showing live coverage of the 13th World Championships from Rome featuring both the World Diving and Swimming disciplines where the British team will be hopeful of building on the success of Beijing.
Swimming: 27th July - 3rd August

91Èȱ¬ 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

Comedy Extra: Taking the Flak

Comedy Extra: Taking the Flak2009 has been a great year for comedy with a raft of exciting new shows airing on 91Èȱ¬ Two. And digital viewers in the mood to tickle the red buttons on their remotes have been able to keep the laughter going after the programmes have finished.

The latest show to get the 91Èȱ¬ Red Button treatment is Taking The Flak, the comedy-drama covering the progress of a small African war through the eyes of the journalists sending the nightly reports back for the news. Every week under the red button, Comedy Extra will be featuring new material and exclusive footage from the Flak location in Africa.

Taking the Flak Extra
nightly from Wed 22nd July - 23rd August, c.9.30pm (timings vary)


Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

91Èȱ¬ Proms 2009: Maestro Cam

91Èȱ¬ Proms: Maesto Cam For the 2009 Proms season 91Èȱ¬ Red Button is introducing a brand new feature: 'Maestro Cam'.
Over the course of five concerts the service will give digital viewers a unique insight into the art of conducting. A dedicated camera will capture the conductor's every intonation and flourish while a series of experts including Matthew Rowe, Peter Stark and Jason Lai as featured on 91Èȱ¬ Two's Maestro series provide commentary discussing the gestures and the orchestra's response.
Among the conductors involved in this project are Daniel Barenboim, Vasily Petrenko and Ilan Volkov.

For full details of the Proms season visit the 91Èȱ¬ Proms website.

Prom 31 - Saturday 8th August, 7.00pm, 91Èȱ¬ Two
Prom 38 - Thursday 13th August, 8.00pm, 91Èȱ¬ Four
Prom 48 - Friday 21st August, 7.30pm, 91Èȱ¬ Four
Prom 57 - Friday 28th August, 7.30pm, 91Èȱ¬ Four
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

91Èȱ¬ Northern Ireland: Tall Ships

91Èȱ¬ Northern Ireland: Tall ShipsWhen the Tall Ships last visited Northern Ireland in 1991, there was no peace process, no Agreement and no paramilitary ceasefires. The crews who disembarked in Belfast's docklands were warmly welcomed by a community desperate for peace and on the cusp of change.

On August 14th the Tall Ships event returns to Belfast and 91Èȱ¬ Northern Ireland will have all hands on deck to bring regional viewers live coverage from Queen's Quay.

Following the television special, digital viewers in all regions can press the red button to see how 91Èȱ¬ Northern Ireland reported the visit at the time and then celebrate Belfast's most famous ship, the Titanic, in a documentary charting Mike McKimm's undersea voyage to the wreck of the doomed liner.

Tall Ships live event, Friday 14th August, 7pm (91Èȱ¬ One NI only)
Red Button archive programming, from 7.55pm (available in all regions)
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

The National Lottery: Guesstimation

GuesstimationThis summer Nick Knowles invites digital viewers to deploy their skill and judgement to outguess his studio contestants. Over three exciting rounds two family teams will face a series of unusual, fun and occasionally head-spinning brain teasers. Their mission is simple: guess closest to the correct answer. Meanwhile Red Button viewers get the chance to weigh-up their own on-screen options. Will your guesses earn YOU living room bragging rights? It's just a question of judgement.

The National Lottery: Guesstimation showcases the Dream Number draw which raises funds for many of the venues that will be hosting events at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Saturday nights, 1st, 8th August
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

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