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The Janice Forsyth Show: The cast of the sketch group Absolutely, plus Andy Scott from the Sweet

05/08/2015

The cast of the sketch group Absolutely, plus Andy Scott from the Sweet

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, The cast of the sketch group Absolutely, plus Andy Scott from the Sweet

Janice Forsyth talks to Gordon Kennedy, Moray Hunter and Morwenna Banks from Absolutely.

Janice Forsyth talks to Gordon Kennedy, Moray Hunter and Morwenna Banks from sketch group Absolutely, plus Andy Scott from the Sweet talks about the band's tour.

Gordon Kennedy, Moray Hunter & Morwenna Banks from comedy sketch group Absolutely (BBC Radio 4, Channel 4) take time out from rehearsing for their new 4 part show to talk about reuniting to record new material in front of an audience at Glasgow's Oran Mor.

80s glam rock band The Sweet are touring this autumn. Original member Andy Scott tells us more.

The Globe's new stripped-back touring production of Romeo and Juliet is in Glasgow at the moment. Cassie Layton (Juliet) & Samuel Valentine (Romeo) discuss their interpretations of these familiar and much-beloved roles- and reveal how they'll be using an Elizabethan-style booth stage to tell the tale of the star-crossed lovers.

Fergus Linehan, the new director of the Edinburgh International Festival, is our Wednesday Profile guest.

This month Janice's Book Group discusses the bestseller Us by David Nicholls. Peggy Hughes of Literary Dundee and reviewer Mark Fisher join Janice in studio.

We have live music and discuss gaming with Luci Holland and Dr William Huber from the Dare Proto Play Games Festival, taking place in Dundee, the centre of the UK gaming industry, next week.

And we talk to the Edinburgh Festival Chorus as they mark their 50th birthday this year.

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