The Gardeners' World Blog

It was very sad to hear of the news of the death of Luciano Pavarotti.

He will, for many, be most associated with his wonderful rendition of the aria "Nessun Dorma", which was used famously as the theme tune for the BBC's 1990 World Cup coverage.

Watch the BBC's Italia 90 titles

Since the announcement of his death, we have had quite a few queries as to how this piece of music came to be chosen for that event.

Hello again!

Thanks, as ever, for all your comments after the first show of our new series of Inside Sport. I'll be blogging again soon to let you know what to look forward to over the series, but for now I want to reply to the points you made, both on my last post and our Inside Sport: your reaction page.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL
Yes we will be covering the Women's World Cup - we have a piece from Jacqui Oatley coming probably for September 24th and of course Gabby will be presenting the live England games on the BBC.