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The Janice Forsyth Show: Blackadder and QI producer John Lloyd, plus writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt

07/10/2015

Blackadder and QI producer John Lloyd, plus writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Blackadder and QI producer John Lloyd, plus writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt

Janice Forsyth talks to QI producer John Lloyd and writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt.

Janice Forsyth talks to Blackadder and QI producer John Lloyd and writer and illustrator Nick Sharratt.

John Lloyd, the man behind Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not the Nine O'clock News and of course QI, talks to Janice about The Third QI Book of General Ignorance.

Nick Sharratt, best known for his collaboration with the author Jacqueline Wilson, joins Janice to discuss Vikings in the Supermarket, his first collection of nonsense poetry for young children.

Ahead of the release of the film Suffragette, starring Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep, which we'll be reviewing tomorrow, author Ajay Close discusses her novel, A Petrol-Scented Spring, which is based on the real life struggle of four Scottish women for the cause of emancipation.

Neil Forsyth, creator of Broughty Ferry's pre-eminent cheeseburger tycoon, Bob Servant, talks about Bob's new book, Ask Bob: Your Guide to a Wonderful Life, in which he gives advice to souls in need of guidance:

And it's time for JF's monthly book group: journalist Lee Randall and Service Development Librarian at Edinburgh City Libraries Colm Linnane join Janice to discuss this month's choice, the final book by Iain Banks, The Quarry.

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