What's on BBC Red Button 10 - 17 August
The festival season continues here on the Red Button with Edinburgh
taking its turn in the limelight. CBeebies ramps up its summer holiday
offerings with Big Fun Time and Tree Fu Tom to keep the little ones occupied
and there is plenty of action from the Athletics World Championship throughout
the week.
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Sue Perkins at Edinburgh
Edinburgh 2013
Sue Perkins presents highlights from
The Edinburgh Festival including an interview with and exhibition by
artist Peter Doig whose work has sold for a record-breaking $11.3 million.
Legendary New York theatre company The Wooster Group present their take on
Hamlet, with the ghostly presence of Richard Burton. There’s an exclusive film
of Scottish Ballet's Dance Odysseys and a selection of the best comedy from the
Fringe this year.
Available
on all platforms
Sun 11 August, 8.55pm – 10pm
Mon 12 August, 1.35am – 6am, 11.30pm – 6am
Wed 14 August, 7pm – 6am
Thu 15 August, 10.25pm – 6am
Friday 16 10.25pm – 6am
Perri Shakes-Drayton, Mo Farah, Christine Ohuruogu and James Dasaolu
This weekend’s sport highlights
Watch the best of the Athletics
World Championships with highlights on Saturday. You can catch up with
what you’ve missed daily with replays of evening sessions throughout the week.
There’s news and action from
rugby league's Super League Show and the Football
League Show is on Saturday night and Sunday morning incase you miss the
original outing.
Note that live sport event times are subject to change. For
more information on this week's sport on Red Button, visit the BBC Sport website.
Big Fun Time
Press red this summer for
Big Fun Time! Watch Alex as he goes on an adventure with Jem and
the naughty Swashbuckle pirates aboard the Scarlet Squid, join in with a
special Nina and the Neurons experiment and sing along to the Big Fun Time
song.
Available on all platforms
Sat 10 August,
6am – 6pm
Sun 11 August, 12pm – 7pm
Mon 12 August, 6am – 11am, 12pm – 1pm, 3pm – 7.30pm
Tue 13 August, 6am – 2.30pm, 4pm – 6.45pm
Wed 14 August, 6am – 7pm
Thu 15 August, 6am – 7pm
Fri 16 August, 6am – 12pm, 1pm – 7pm
Top of the Lake
Go behind the scenes with Top
of the Lake creator Jane
Campion. In this personal and insightful exploration, discover how against all
odds, the creative spirit can sing. Discover the themes at the heart of the Top
of the Lake story and how they compare to artistic processes in filmmaking elsewhere.
Available on all platforms
Sat 10 August,
10.05pm – 12:53am
Sun 17 August, 10.05pm – 1.10am
Live Lounge
Radio 1’s Live Lounge TV brings you the very best in stripped back live music performances
from the world-famous Live Lounge. This month Alice Levine has Robin Thicke,
Queens of the Stone Age, Vampire Weekend, Crystal Fighters and Nina Nesbitt
performing their own songs and some truly incredible cover versions.
Available on all platforms
Sun 11 August, 7.30pm – 8.55pm
Tree Fu Tom
Help Tom to save the day by joining in with this exclusive
spell-along service. Alex shows you how to create your very own magic belt just
like Tom’s, made from everyday items you’ll find around the house. You can join
in and sing along to the Tree Fu Tom theme tune with a special karaoke version
that has words on screen. Get into your spell pose and follow Tom and the
children on screen to perform Big World Magic.
Available on all platforms
Sat 17 August,
6am – 9am, 1pm – 2.30pm, 6pm – 6.30pm
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