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The Janice Forsyth Show: Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

20/10/2015

Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

Janice talks to comedian Andy Hamilton, plus Edinburgh band Golden Arm play live.

Janice Forsyth talks to comedian Andy Hamilton about his upcoming stand-up tour, plus Edinburgh band Golden Arm talk about a new theatre project and play live.

Comedian Andy Hamilton is a panel show regular and creator of TV series such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Outnumbered and Ballot Monkeys. He tells Janice about taking to the road in his new stand-up show.

Bob Dickson finds out about the enduring appeal of John Buchan's novel The Thirty Nine Steps, published a hundred years ago this week.

Edinburgh indie band Golden Arm and theatre company Blood of the Young explain how they are collaborating to create a unique piece of theatre.

The winner of the Dundee International Book Prize is announced live on tomorrow's show, today Janice hears extracts from two of the shortlisted novels.

And there's the Tuesday Review: authors Karen Campbell and Kirsty Logan, and critic Chitra Ramaswamy on new TV series The Last Kingdom, Tracey Thorn's compilation album Solo, and Career of Evil, the latest book from JK Rowling's alter ego Robert Galbraith.

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