Foals, Bloc Party and Laura Marling are among the acts confirmed for this year's 6 Music Festival and Red Button has the best seat in the house. We also take a trip down memory lane with Sounds of the 80s and epicureans can enjoy a culinary journey with Rick Stein as he explores China’s largest metropolis, Shanghai. Our main sporting highlights this week are Six Nations tournament, FA Cup and the NFL: Race to Super Bowl 50.
6 Music Festival 2016
This year’s 6 Music Festival comes from Bristol. We have three days of extraordinary music from bands including Foals, Bloc Party and Laura Marling.
Fri 12 February, 9pm-6am (Duration approx: 40 minutes)
Sounds of the 80s with Phil Collins
Sara Cox looks back on the decade and chats to Phil Collins about Face Value, his debut solo studio album, released in February 1981.
Sat 6 February, 10.30pm-6am
Sun 7 February, 6am-8pm
Tue 9 February, 6am-10.30pm
Wed 10 February, 12pm-5.50pm
Thu 11 February, 6am-10am, 7pm-6am (Duration: approx. 55 minutes)
Rick Stein's Taste of Shanghai
Rick Stein continues to explore pockets of traditional Shanghai, finding one of the oldest tea houses in the city before enjoying an old-fashioned lunch in the suburbs that pays homage to China’s more austere days.
Mon 8 February, 9.55pm-6am
Thu 11 February, 12.30am-6am, 10am-7pm
Fri 12 February, 6am-9pm (Duration: approx. 7 minutes)
Asian Network Comedy
BBC Asian Network presents stand-up comedy from Guz Khan's alter-ego Mobeen, Tez Ilyas, Aditi Mittal and Shaista Aziz, to celebrate fifty years of Asian programmes on the BBC.
Tommy Sandhu presents from The Drum theatre in Birmingham and takes us backstage with our comedians.
Sat 6 February, 6am-10.25am, 12.30pm-2.30pm, 5.25pm-6.50pm, 7.30pm-10.30pm (Duration: approx. 30 minutes)
Sport
BBC Sport continues its winter sports coverage with Ski Sunday Extra: Women’s Downhill on Saturday. There is also a chance to catch up on rugby union’s Six Nations tournament and the Six Nations Forum. Footie fans can get all the latest scores with Final Score and FA Cup highlights.
Also watch the best American Football action as the NFL builds up to its milestone 50th Super Bowl in San Francisco. We are also providing 5 live audio options for the Super Bowl match on Sunday and the Peterborough United v West Bromwich FA Cup match on Wednesday.
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