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The Janice Forsyth Show: Jimmy Somerville, Sarah Hall and Patrick Gale

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01/04/2015

Jimmy Somerville, Sarah Hall and Patrick Gale

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Jimmy Somerville, Sarah Hall and Patrick Gale

Janice Forsyth talks to Jimmy Somerville about politics, music and his new album.

Janice talks to Jimmy Somerville about politics, music and his new album, plus Sarah Hall and Patrick Gale discusses their new novels, The Wolf Border and A Place Called Winter.

Jimmy Somerville talks blending politics and music, and discusses his new album, Homage.

Author Sarah Hall on The Wolf Border, her fifth novel.

A Long Long Crime Ago is a new CBBC series that puts fairy tale characters on trial in front of a jury of children. We hear from the director and one of the fabulous cast.

Dramatising the Passion- Suzanne Lofthus, the Artistic Director of the Edinburgh Easter Play and David Batty, the director of the forthcoming BBC 2 series, The Gospel of John, compare their experiences of bringing the Easter story to life for their respective audiences.

Author Patrick Gale talks about A Place Called Winter, his latest novel, based on the fascinating story of his great- grandfather.

And there's live music from Scottish band Blueflint.

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