Category: BBC
Proms; Factual
& Arts TV; BBC
FOUR; Radio;
bbc.co.uk;
BBCi
Date: 31.08.2005
Printable version
Interactive television services and live broadcasts
across BBC radio, television and online are giving audiences more ways
than ever of experiencing The Last
Night of the Proms and Proms
in the Park in 2005.
For the first time, digital viewers watching via cable
or satellite are offered complete live coverage of all six Proms concerts
which take place on Saturday 10 September - The Last Night from the
Royal Albert Hall, and Proms in the Park from Belfast, Glasgow, Hyde
Park (London), Manchester and Swansea.
Freeview viewers can watch the Royal Albert Hall, Hyde
Park or Glasgow concerts.
The Last Night of the Proms from the Royal Albert Hall
is broadcast live on BBC ONE (part two) and BBC TWO (part one) as well
as live on BBC Radio 3 and the BBC World Service.
Digital television viewers watching the Royal Albert
Hall concert have the option of pressing red for synchronized notes
at the bottom of the screen, giving information about the music and
performers.
Glasgow's Prom in the Park is broadcast live on BBC
FOUR. All other Proms in the Park - from Belfast, Hyde Park, Manchester
and Swansea - are broadcast live under the red button on digital television
(cable and satellite).
Viewers watching BBC ONE, TWO, THREE or FOUR during
The Last Night of the Proms can press the red button to select the concert
they wish to watch.
Radio 3 broadcasts The Last Night of the Proms live
from the Royal Albert Hall. It is also streamed live online at bbc.co.uk/proms
and available on Listen Again for seven days after the concert.
Each Prom in the Park concert is broadcast live by BBC
regional radio networks (details below).
Broadcast details (Television,
Radio and Online)
Television
BBC ONE - Last Night of the Proms,
live from the Royal Albert Hall (second half). Plus
digital viewers (cable and satellite) can select live Proms in the Park
from Belfast, Swansea, Manchester or Hyde Park, and the Royal Albert
Hall concert with notes. Freeview viewers can choose from the Royal
Albert Hall with notes, Hyde Park and Glasgow.
BBC TWO - Last Night of the Proms,
live from the Royal Albert Hall (first half). Plus digital viewers (cable
and satellite) can select live Proms in the Park from Belfast, Swansea,
Manchester or Hyde Park and the Royal Albert Hall concert with notes.
Freeview viewers can choose from the Royal Albert Hall with notes, Hyde
Park and Glasgow.
BBC FOUR - Proms in the Park, live
from Glasgow. Plus digital viewers (cable and satellite) can select
live Proms in the Park from Belfast, Swansea, Manchester or Hyde Park,
and the Royal Albert Hall concert with notes. Freeview viewers can choose
from the Royal Albert Hall with notes, Hyde Park and Glasgow.
Radio
Radio 3 - The Last Night of the Proms,
live from the Royal Albert Hall at 7.30pm.
Radio 2 - Prom in the Park broadcast
live from Hyde Park.
BBC Radio Ulster - Prom in the Park
broadcast live from Donegall Square, Belfast.
BBC Radio Scotland - Prom in the Park
broadcast live from Glasgow Green.
BBC Radio Wales - Prom in the Park
broadcast live from Singleton Park, Swansea.
BBC GMR (Manchester) - Prom in the
Park broadcast live from Heaton Park, Manchester.
BBC World Service - The Last Night
of the Proms, live from the Royal Albert Hall.
Online
The Last Night of the Proms - streamed live from the
Royal Albert Hall and available on Listen Again for seven days after
the broadcast at bbc.co.uk/proms.
