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Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman

Simon Mayo talks to Oscar-winning Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman.

The star of Eyes Wide Shut, The Hours and Moulin Rouge! talks about her new movie Rabbit Hole, where she plays a grieving mother. Rabbit Hole also marks her debut as a film producer.

Presenter/Simon Mayo, Producer/Andy Warrell

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Singer-songwriter and BBC Radio 2 presenter Mike Harding

Mike Harding presents an hour of the very best in folk, roots and acoustic music including an interview with Scottish singer Emily Smith about her fourth solo album, Traveller's Joy.

Long tipped for great things by Mike, Emily joins him to discuss a record full of music inspired not only by travelling traditions but also her own recent times on the road.

The new album – produced once again by Jamie McClennan – features a familiar blend of traditional arrangements and original songs by Emily, as well as a cover of Waltzing's For Dreamers by Richard Thompson, who invited her to join the line-up of his Meltdown Festival last year.

Emily tells Mike all about the album and updates the listeners on her relatively short but burgeoning career as one of Scotland's leading voices.

Next Monday 6 February, Mike will be co-hosting the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 with Barbara Dickson. The ceremony will be broadcast live from The Brewery, London.

Presenter/Mike Harding, Producer/Kellie While for Smooth Operations

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In tonight's show, Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie have a live session from the Ivor Novello-winning Scottish songstress KT Tunstall, as she prepares to tour the UK.

Presenters/Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie, Producer/Lizzie Hoskin for Smooth Operations

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Deacon Blue front man Ricky Ross presents highlights of Celtic Connections 2011 from Glasgow where a stellar line-up of some of the world's finest folk, roots, world, traditional, indie and jazz musicians have been celebrating the festival's 18th birthday over 18 days in January.

The festival concluded on Sunday 30 January and Ricky is back tonight with the second, and final, programme of highlights talking to the artists from this year's event and introducing live music and exclusive performances.

Some of the highlights can also be seen at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

Presenter/Ricky Ross, Producer/Richard Murdoch for the BBC

BBC Radio 2 Publicity

Performance On 3

Wednesday 2 February

7.00-9.15pm BBC RADIO 3

Presented live from the Barbican Hall, chief conductor Jiří Bělohlávek conducts Mahler's Sixth Symphony with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, joined by Lars Vogt in Mozart's Piano Concerto No 16 in D major, K451.

Mahler's vast Sixth Symphony, first performed in 1906, is recognised today for its extraordinary insights into the human condition. The work comes to a climax with the "hammer blows of fate" which seem to pre-figure tragic events in the composer's life. The concert opens with an exquisite but rarely performed piano concerto by Mozart, performed by master pianist Lars Vogt.

Presenter/Catherine Bott, Producer/Tony Sellors

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5 Live Sport

Wednesday 2 February

7.00-10.30pm BBC RADIO 5 LIVE

Mark Pougatch presents the day's sports news and a look ahead to the night's Premier League games.

From 8pm there's coverage from around the games, including regular updates from Blackburn versus Tottenham Hotspur, Fulham versus Newcastle United and Liverpool against Stoke City.

The Final Whistle at 10pm brings reaction to tonight's Premier League action.

Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Mike Carr

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Huey Morgan is joined by one of his favourite bands – The Duke Spirit – for a live session in the BBC 6 Music studios. The London five-piece release their much anticipated third album, Bruiser, in the spring, and have recently supported Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on their tour across the UK. Their new EP, Kusama, hits stores early February which coincides with the band's own headline UK tour the very same month.

Lead singer Leila and the band come in to chat to Huey and play their latest single Everybody's Under Your Spell plus another track from the album.

Presenter/Huey Morgan, Producer/Gary Bales

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Gideon Coe plays live archive session tracks from Glaswegian modern folk trio Sparrow And The Workshop, Birmingham reggae legends Steel Pulse, solo punk eccentric Patrick Fitzgerald and London eclectic electronicists, Laika.

Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Mark Sheldon

BBC 6 Music Publicity

The Wednesday Documentary –
One Block In Harlem Ep 1/2

Wednesday 2 February

3.00-3.30pm BBC WORLD SERVICE
8.00-8.30pm BBC WORLD SERVICE

Michael Goldfarb traces the story of Harlem from 1910 to the present, from the perspective of a single street in this iconic neighbourhood, in this two-part series.

Around the world, the name Harlem is synonymous with people's knowledge of the black experience in America. But in the past decade the neighbourhood has been going through dramatic changes.

Bill Clinton opened his post-White House office here and as the Manhattan real estate bubble inflated the rich began moving in. Goldfarb explores life in Harlem as it used to be, and as it is today, and asks what price has been paid by long-time residents for the area's gentrification.

Presenter/Michael Goldfarb

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