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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.

The Janice Forsyth Show: 05/04/2016

05/04/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, 05/04/2016

Frank Cottrell Boyce on his new children's book Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth.

Frank Cottrell Boyce on his new children's book; actor Joanna Horton talks about Channel 4 drama The People Next Door. Plus Trainspotting actor Pauline Lynch on turning to writing.

Actor turned writer PK (Pauline) Lynch, best known for playing Lizzie in Trainspotting, talks about her debut novel Armadillo
Dundee songwriter Be Charlotte is live in session.
Bronwen Livingston reports on the conclusion of Divided City in Glasgow, an anti-sectarianism theatre project run by the Citizens Theatre. 
Joanna Horton talks about one-off Channel 4 drama The People Next Door - about neighbours who begin to suspect the worst from the sounds they hear through the walls.
Frank Cottrell Boyce's new children's book Sputnik's Guide to Life on Earth is set in Dumfries - he tells Janice why.
Plus the Tuesday Review: Jenny Niven, Rachel McCrum and Jonathan Whitelaw review season 2 of Outlander, poet and rapper Kate Tempest's first novel The Bricks That Built the Houses; and R4 documentary "The Poetic Spark" .

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