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

The Janice Forsyth Show: 6 Music's Tom Ravenscroft on the Mercury Prize, plus Philip Larkin's photography

18/11/2015

6 Music's Tom Ravenscroft on the Mercury Prize, plus Philip Larkin's photography

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, 6 Music's Tom Ravenscroft on the Mercury Prize, plus Philip Larkin's photography

Tom Ravenscroft looks ahead to the Mercury Prize, plus Philip Larkin's photographs.

Tom Ravenscroft from BBC 6 Music looks ahead to the Mercury Prize, plus Janice Forsyth looks through some of poet Philip Larkin's photographs.

Radio 6 Music DJ Tom Ravenscroft talks us through the Mercury Music Prize Shortlist for Album of the Year, ahead of the announcement of the winner on Friday.

Writer Philip Larkin was an avid amateur photographer. Janice looks through some of his best pictures with biographer Richard Bradford and finds out how they relate to his most famous works.

The battle of the on demand TV streaming services: on Friday 20th both Netflix and Amazon will release all episodes of their respective high-profile series, The Man in the High Castle and Marvel's Jessica Jones. Broadcaster Graeme Virtue explains how the TV landscape is changing as providers of on demand content turn producer.

Made in my Toun- we take a look at the BFI travelling archive that will soon be bringing films made locally to a town near you!

Former Janice Forsyth Show Single of the Week-ers Striking Matches play a live session.

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