With the Reading Festival selling out in record time this year, many of you may not have managed to bag a ticket. Or perhaps you don't want to risk getting all muddy from the inevitable festival rain? Well you can rest assured that you can now watch each day of the festival from the comfort of your sofa.
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BBC3 will be broadcasting live from the Rivermead site each day at 7pm over the August Bank Holiday. The main bands and highlights from the festival will be shown on BBC2 each night over the weekend. Music from artists on the bill will be broadcast each day along with live reports from around the sites and video packages taking the viewer behind the scenes.
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The coverage will have a major interactive and online element with viewers able to press the red button to see a choice of different performances from the biggest and best acts. The TV coverage will be complemented by live broadcasts, reportage and coverage on BBC Radio 1. This year's event includes exclusive UK festival performances from the three headliners plus entertainment from across the spectrum on the various stages including the hot new bands of 2006, dance acts, comedy, cabaret and unsigned bands. Melvin Benn, Managing Director of Festivals, Mean Fiddler said: "I could not be happier. I am delighted that the best music festivals in the world are now to be screened by the best TV broadcaster in the world." | 
