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The Janice Forsyth Show: Ricky Wilson, Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisburger and Chaplin the musical

Ricky Wilson, Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisburger and Chaplin the musical

29/06/2016

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Ricky Wilson, Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisburger and Chaplin the musical

Janice Forsyth talks to Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson and author Lauren Weisberger.

Janice Forsyth talks to Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, and author of The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger discusses her new novel, The Singles Game.

As their new single is released Kaiser Chiefs front man Ricky Wilson talks about keeping the band together, shooting music videos and how he handles the expectations of laddish behaviour from the public because he's in an all male band.

The Devil Wears Prada author Lauren Weisberger discusses her new novel The Singles Game, set in the world of professional tennis.

Inspiring Impressionists is the big summer exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland. Senior curator Frances Fowle explains how the work of pioneering French landscape painter Charles-François Daubigny deeply influenced the Impressionists including Monet and van Gogh.

Chaplin: The Charlie Chaplin Story- is a brand new musical exploring the life of THE icon of the silent film era. Janice is joined by Bryan Hodgson who plays the man himself and Steven Arnold, playing Chaplin's brother Sydney.

Theatre critic Joyce McMillan looks back over the highs and lows of 30 years spent in a darkened auditorium as she discusses her new book Theatre in Scotland - A Field of Dreams.

Deirdre Davis, Eileen Donachie in River City, talks to Janice about being part of the recent storyline about dementia, at a time when her own father was living with the condition. She is joined by theatre critic Joyce McMillan to discuss portrayals of dementia on screen/stage and page (part of BBC Radio Scotland's Memories and Conversations season).

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