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Network Radio BBC Week 6
Highlights 6-12 February 2010

Plácido Domingo as Simon Boccanegra

Opera On 3 – Live From The Met: Simon Boccanegra

Saturday 6 February on BBC RADIO 3

Plácido Domingo stars in the title role of Simon Boccanegra, Verdi's tale of 14th-century Genoese politics and forbidden love

5 Live Sport

Saturday 6 February on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents an afternoon of live sport from Twickenham on the opening day of the Six Nations Championship

Drama On 3 – Amazonie

Sunday 7 February on BBC RADIO 3

Rory Kinnear stars as Swallows And Amazons author Arthur Ransome in Gary Lyons's tale of war, revolution, romance and espionage

Words And Music – Song For Ireland

Sunday 7 February on BBC RADIO 3

Lorcan Cranitch and Orla Charlton explore the Irish landscape in readings from much-loved Irish poets including Seamus Heaney, PJ Kavanagh, Derek Mahon and Paul Durcan

NFL American Football

Sunday 7 February on BBC RADIO 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA

Arlo White and Greg Brady present commentary of Super Bowl XLIV, live, from Dolphin Stadium, Miami

Nobody's Perfect

Monday 8 February on BBC RADIO 1

Presenters Edith Bowman, Trevor & Gemma, Dev and Nick Grimshaw go under the spotlight this week to kick off the Nobody's Perfect campaign tackling the subject of body image and young people

The Ocean

Monday 8 February on BBC RADIO 2

Musician Richard Hawley investigates the way seafaring culture has influenced British music

Come Fly With Me – The Legacy Of Jimmy Van Heusen

Tuesday 9 February on BBC RADIO 2

Musician and novelist Rupert Holmes considers the legacy of songwriter and pilot Jimmy Van Heusen

Fags, Mags & Bags

Wednesday 10 February on BBC RADIO 4

Sanjeev Kohli and Donald Mcleary's comedy of corner-shop capers returns for a third series

Capturing America – Mark Lawson's History Of Modern American Literature

Thursday 11 February on BBC RADIO 4

Talking to leading authors – including Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Stephen King and John Grisham – Mark Lawson tells the story of American writing in the 20th century

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