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The Janice Forsyth Show: Elaine C Smith and Jane McDonald in That's Entertainment plus Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Elaine C Smith and Jane McDonald in That's Entertainment plus Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

01/06/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Elaine C Smith and Jane McDonald in That's Entertainment plus Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

Elaine C Smith and Jane McDonald talk about starring in That's Entertainment, the celebration of the biggest hits of the 40's and 50's (Lerner and Loewe, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Irving Berlin and Cole Porter) on its Glasgow and Edinburgh runs respectively.

We celebrate the 400th run of Scottish theatrical institution A Play, A Pie and a Pint.

Janice's Book Group discusses Frankenstein, 200 years to the month after Mary Shelley started composing the story during a holiday on Lake Geneva, as part of a challenge set by Lord Byron.

Janice hears about Govan/ Gdansk, a new photography exhibition that links the shipyards of Govan, Glasgow, and Gdansk, Poland, via their post-industrial decline and resilience.

Plus Refuweegee, a new initiative that's all about welcoming asylum seekers and refugees to Glasgow with welcome packs containing essentials and letters fae the locals, some of which have been set to song.

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