In 1994 Glastonbury enjoyed one of its drier, hotter years and, technically, a vintage year for the music (a young Radiohead, Blur and Oasis in their Britpop ascendence, and the cockle-warming Manic Street Preachers calling for “a bypass to be built through this s***hole”). It was also a turning point - for the first time the festival was televised (courtesy of Channel 4). The BBC took over in 1997 in a sponsorship deal, and before you could say “on-site cash machine”, up popped stage-side video screens, a “superfence”, mobile masts and 280 BBC staff dashing between every stage from the Pyramid to the Igloo. Bad news for travellers and impoverished students; good news for armchair, mud-hating slobs who like their Later with Jools. For their Schadenfreude-spiked pleasure, the following line-up beckons...

FRIDAY

TELEVISION

7pm-10.30pm BBC Three

Editors and the Fratellis from the Pyramid stage; We Are Scientists live from the Other stage; Estelle on the Jazz World stage.

11pm-2am BBC Two (and HD)

Kings of Leon headline the Pyramid stage.

11.20pm-2am BBC Four

The best from the Jazz World stage, including Jimmy Cliff.

12.45am-2am BBC Three

The best bits from Friday.

RADIO

10am-1pm Radio 1

Jo Whiley hears acoustic sessions.

9pm-11pm Radio 1

From the Dance Village stage.

4pm-7pm BBC 6 Music

Steve Lamacq live at Worthy Farm. Music from the Ting Tings, KTTunstall, Gossip and Ben Folds.

SATURDAY

TELEVISION

4.15pm-5.15pm, 9.30pm-10.30pm, midnight-2am BBC Two (and HD)

Including James Blunt, Manu Chao, the Raconteurs, Amy Winehouse.

7pm-8pm, 8.45pm-9.30pm BBC Three

Duffy, Elbow, Hot Chip and more on the Other stage.

10.30pm-12.30am BBC Three

Jay Z on the Pyramid stage

10.30pm-2am BBC Four

Buddy Guy and Joan Armatrading.

12.30am-2am BBC Three

The best bits so far.

RADIO

3am-7am Radio 1

Live from the Dance Village, featuring a set from James Zabiela.

9am-11am Radio Five Live

Live at Glastonbury.

1pm-4pm Radio 1

Acoustic sets with Annie Mac.

4pm-5pm Radio 2/BBC 6 Music

Live simulcast.

SUNDAY

TELEVISION

5pm-6.40pm BBC Two (and HD)

Neil Diamond from the Pyramid stage, plus Newton Faulkner.

7pm-8pm BBC Three

Mark Ronson and the Pigeon Detectives on the Other stage.

9pm-10pm BBC Four

Highlights from Jazz/World stage, including Solomon Burke.

10pm-12.30am BBC Three

Leonard Cohen, Goldfrapp, Zutons.

11pm-2am BBC Two (and HD)

The Verve on the Pyramid stage.

12.30am-2am BBC Three

Festival highlights.

RADIO

1pm-4pm Radio 1

Chats, highlights and acoustic sets.

10pm-midnight BBC 6 Music

Highlights from the three days.

Midnight-4am Radio 1

Rob da Bank with highlights from Glastonbury's smaller stages.

RED BUTTON

Friday-Sunday, 7pm-2am

Catch-up service via the red button. Highlights of all the acts filmed on the Pyramid, Other, John Peel and Jazz World stages

ONLINE bbc.co.uk/glastonbury will feature full sets, plus, backstage video interviews, a weather widget and other techno-goodies.

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