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The Janice Forsyth Show: Dog Day Afternoon with Fred MacAulay, Anne Ellis, Andrea Mullaney, Bailey the dog, Morris Heggie and more

06/06/2016

Dog Day Afternoon with Fred MacAulay, Anne Ellis, Andrea Mullaney, Bailey the dog, Morris Heggie and more

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Dog Day Afternoon with Fred MacAulay, Anne Ellis, Andrea Mullaney, Bailey the dog, Morris Heggie and more

Janice celebrates dogs with Anne Ellis, Fred MacAulay, Morris Heggie and Andrea Mullaney.

Janice celebrates dogs with art historian Anne Ellis, comedian Fred MacAulay, Oor Wullie writer and former Dandy editor Morris Heggie, critic Andrea Mullaney and Jacki Gordon.

Art critic Anne Ellis talks to Fred MacAulay about his favourite Scottish painting as part of her Talking Pictures series... he's chosen the bronze bust of George Wyllie by Kenny Munro in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 

Scottish alternative troubadour Dave Arcari gives us some live blues in Glasgow's Studio One.

Whitbread first novel award winner Susan Fletcher tells us about her latest work, Let Me Tell You About A Man I Knew.

Janice's Single of the Week is Rick Redbeard with The Golden Age.

The Second Hour of the show is dedicated to the contribution DOGS have made to our cultural life... Art historian Anne Ellis and film critic Andrea Mullaney join Janice for the hour, Andrea is accompanied by her dog Bailey.

Laurie Anderson's film, Heart of a Dog is showing at the Filmhouse in Edinburgh (27th - 30th June) and Dundee DCA (26th June). Anne Ellis and Andrea Mullaney watched the film for us, and will tell us all about it...

Jacki Gordon's book 'MY DOG, MY FRIEND' is a collection of short essays by various contributors was published in Sept 2014 by Hubble and Hattie. Jacki joins Janice to discuss the book as part of our special Dog Day hour of the programme.
One of the contributors to Jacki's book is Fred MacAulay. He joins Janice on the phone to read his piece: Life With Labradors and to talk about his love of dogs.

Anne Ellis and Andrea Mullaney talk about dogs in art, and which paintings best represent our four-legged friends.

Former Dandy Editor and current Oor Wullie writer Morris Heggie talks about the dogs in cartoon strips he's worked on, including Oor Wullie's dog Wee Harry, Gnasher and numerous others.

Janice's Vinyl Verdict Choice this week is Hounds of Love Kate Bush or Led Zeppelin Black Dog.

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