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The Afternoon Show: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Samantha Womack and Tuesday Review

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Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Samantha Womack and Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Samantha Womack and Tuesday Review

Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Samantha Womack, Taylor Jenkins Reid and Sara Sheridan.

Benjamin Francis Leftwich performs live, Samantha Womack discusses The Girl on the Train play, Taylor Jenkins Reid chats 70's music and groupies, plus new Sara Sheridan kids' book.

Singer songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich performs live and discusses his new album Gratitude.
Samantha Womack, best known for her role as Ronnie Mitchell in Eastenders, tells Janice what it's like to play troubled alcoholic Rachel Watson in the stage production of Paula Hawkin’s best-selling book The Girl On the Train.
American author Taylor Jenkins Reid discusses her novel Daisy Jones & The Six which is currently being adapted for the small screen after Reece Witherspoon optioned it for an Amazon series.
And Edinburgh-based novelist Sara Sheridan discusses teaming up with her daughter Molly to write children’s picture book Monsters Unite. 
Plus in Tuesday Review, Chitra Ramaswamy, Graeme Virtue and Joyce MacMillan give their opinion on Local Hero the musical, Ali Smith’s new book Spring and Amazon Prime’s new thriller-drama Hanna.

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