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The Janice Forsyth Show

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Janice Forsyth tunes into what is happening and what is buzzing in the arts world.

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The Janice Forsyth Show: Jonathan Jeremiah, Chigozie Obioma, Daniel Sloss, JR Green, Shaun Usher, Robin Ticciati, Vinyl Verdict, Single of the Week.

Edi Stark sits in on film review day and screenwriter Morwenna Banks discusses Miss You Already

12/10/2015

Jonathan Jeremiah, Chigozie Obioma, Daniel Sloss, JR Green, Shaun Usher, Robin Ticciati, Vinyl Verdict, Single of the Week.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Jonathan Jeremiah, Chigozie Obioma, Daniel Sloss, JR Green, Shaun Usher, Robin Ticciati, Vinyl Verdict, Single of the Week.

Edi Stark is joined by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's principal conductor Robin Ticciati

Edi Stark is joined by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's principal conductor Robin Ticciati and comedian Daniel Sloss, and discusses the lost art of letter writing with Shaun Usher.

Live from Aberdeen singer songwriter Jonathan Jeremiah currently on tour with The Shires

We have actor Steven Duffy and director Kate Nelson to tell us about the play "Hector" the story of a crofter's son, Hector MacDonald, who became a Knight of the Realm and Queen Victoria's favourite general.

We hear from comedian Daniel Sloss who has started his UK and Irish tour of his 2015 Fringe show 'Dark' .

While he is over in the UK, we catch up with Nigerian author Chigozie Obioma who tells us about his debut novel The Fishermen.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra's new season kicks off this month and Principal Conductor Robin Ticciati tells us about the delights in store.

Shaun Usher joins Edi to talk about More Letters of Note, the follow up book to the international bestseller, Letters of Note, which showcases the lost art of letter writing, from the very famous to the completely unknown. This edition includes letters from Richard Burton, David Bowie, Alan Turing, Albus Dumbledore, Eleanor Roosevelt, John Lennon, Sylvia Plath, Gerald Durrell, Janis Joplin, Hunter S. Thompson, Marge Simpson and many more.

Our Single Of The Week is J.R. Green with Nigerian Princess and the 2 brothers who hail from Strontian and make up J.R. Green join us.

And we have our regular Vinyl Verdict slot - this week it's all about the letters we write so the choice is The Letter by The Box Tops or Please Mr Postman by The Marvelettes.

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