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Comedy Extra: Never Mind the Buzzcocks / The Thick of It

2009 has been a great year for comedy with a raft of exciting new shows airing on Â鶹Éç 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 shows to get the Â鶹Éç Red Button treatment are Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Thick of It.

Buzzcocks recently returned to our screens with added Noel Fielding. Now, following the Thursday night show and selected other evenings throughout November, Noel and fellow team captain Phill Jupitus will be stepping out from behind their buzzers to debate an Issue of Cultural Importance for Â鶹Éç Red Button. Discussions to date have the revolved around the relative merits of Brian Ferry and ferries, and just who is the greatest: legendary glam-rockers Wizzard or, er, wizards.

Armando Ianucci's BAFTA winning political comedy The Thick of It is also back for eight brand new episodes when, once again, the Prime Minister's Director of Communications, played by Peter Capaldi, will be fighting the fires caused by The Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship. Digital viewers will be able to access exclusive additional content following each episode.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks Extra available following the Thursday night show and selected evenings throughout October and November after 9pm.
The Thick of It Extra available following the Â鶹Éç Two show and selected evenings from 24th October

Sky, Virgin & Freeview*
(not available on Freesat)
*limited availability on Freeview

The Danny Baker Show on Â鶹Éç Radio 5 live

When Â鶹Éç Red Button brought its cameras into the Â鶹Éç 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 new 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.

Saturday mornings, 9am - 11am
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two

On Thursday evenings viewers in Scotland can press the red button to join Claudia Winkelman and guests for uninterrupted coverage of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two. The programme can be seen on Â鶹Éç Two in all other areas.

Thursday 22nd* & 29th October, 6.30pm
Sky, Virgin & Freeview*
(not available on Freesat)

*due to bandwidth limitations the showing on Thursday 22nd will not be available on Freeview

Numberjacks Quiz

The Numberjacks are CBeebies' own animated superheroes and they like nothing better than solving mathematical problems!
Now for the first time they're dropping in to Â鶹Éç Red Button to help younger viewers develop their maths skills, knowledge and understanding.

Children are invited to grab their remote controls and watch clips from the CBeebies show. A question follows each of the ten clips which viewers can answer by pressing either red or blue button.
How well will you do?
There's only one way to find out... press your red button!

The Numberjacks quiz will be available every day from 6am to 7pm. Freeview and Sky viewers can visit the Numberjacks from within the new CBeebies Red Button service meaning all your favourite CBeebies games and features are now available in one place.

Last chance to play:: Saturday 17th October, 6am - 7pm
Sky, Virgin & Freeview
(not available on Freesat)

CBeebies Red Button

Younger viewers and grown-ups with a sense of adventure may have noticed something new under the red button recently. That's because our CBeebies service has just seen a radical overhaul launching visitors into a big, bright and fun new world.

So what has changed?
Well, your children's favourite characters are now at the heart of the CBeebies interactive TV experience. A big, new and bright carousel now welcomes you into the service giving you 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, cable 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. Cable viewers will see the changes soon.

Â鶹Éç 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 and coming soon to Virgin.
(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 Â鶹Éç Red Button page 155 along with details of the panel and the topics under discussion.

Thursday 22nd & 29th October, during the show (Â鶹Éç One)
Sky, Virgin, Freesat & Freeview

News Multiscreen: Video Choice

In a new feature on the the News Multiscreen each weekday Â鶹Éç 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 Freesat or Freeview)

Â鶹Éç Sport Multiscreen*

Catch up on all the latest Sport via the Â鶹Éç Sport multiscreen. Headlines are available around the clock with up to five additional streams available to cover the best that Â鶹Éç Sport has to offer.

Coming up...

- Football: Friday Focus / Final Score / The Football League Show*
With the 2009/10 season football season in full swing, here at Â鶹Éç 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 May.
Mark Lawrenson kicks things off each Friday afternoon as he shares his predictions for the weekend in Friday Focus.
While on Saturday itself the Final Score team will be on hand to monitor the afternoon's action to keep viewers up to date with all the goals as they go in.
Â鶹Éç Red Button will also be replaying action from The Championship and Leagues One and Two in The League Football on Sunday mornings with Manish Bhasin and Steve Claridge rounding up the goals and debate.
Lawro's Friday Focus: Friday evenings/Saturday mornings
Final Score: Saturday afternoons from 2.30pm, plus selected midweek evenings
The Football League Show: Sunday mornings until noon

- Live Championship Football: Derby v QPR
In addition to our regular football offering Â鶹Éç Red Button will be showing live coverage of Match of the Day's featured Championship match between Derby County and Queen's Park Rangers with an additional audio option.
Saturday 24th October, from 5.15pm
(audio option not available on Freeview)

- F1: Brazilian & Abu Dhabi Grands Prix*
With the fate of the drivers' championship still hanging in the balance, Â鶹Éç Red Button will be bringing coverage of an exciting 2009 Formula 1 season to a close with the usual array of interactive options available during the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekends. 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 with re-runs of classic GPs also available in the build-up to the main event.
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 Â鶹Éç Radio 5 Live commentary. After the end of each race on Â鶹Éç 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.
Meanwhile, younger F1 fans will be in pole position on race day as a host of familiar stars provide alternative commentary from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Join Michael "Abs" Absalom, Kirsten O'Brien and F1 expert Perry McCarthy on the Sport Multiscreen for interviews, sketches and up to date info on what's happening in Brazil.
Brazilian GP: 14th - 19th October
Abu Dhabi GP: 28th - 3rd November

- MotoGP*
As Valentino Rossi looks to defend the title he comfortably won last year join Â鶹Éç 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.
Phillip Island GP: 17th - 19th October
Sepang GP: 24th, 25th October

- Cycling: Track World Championships
Live coverage of the Track World Championships from Manchester.
Friday 30th October, from 7.00pm

- Rugby: Scrum V*
Live coverage of two Celtic League matches with audio options. Not available on Freeview.
Scarlets v Newport Dragons: 23rd October, from 7.00pm
Ospreys v Glasgow Warriors: 30th October, from 7.00pm

Â鶹Éç 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