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The Afternoon Show: Ben Elton on his first comedy tour in 15 years; Janice and Paul English discuss the Annie Lennox event in Glasgow

Ben Elton on his first comedy tour in 15 years; Janice and Paul English discuss the Annie Lennox event in Glasgow

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Ben Elton on his first comedy tour in 15 years; Janice and Paul English discuss the Annie Lennox event in Glasgow

Janice Forsyth talks to comedy legend Ben Elton about his first comedy tour in 15 years.

Janice talks about Annie Lennox: An Evening of Music and Conversation, which she hosted last week, with journalist Paul English who was in the audience and recorded fans' reactions.

Ben Elton talks about his return to stand-up comedy with his new tour after a 15-year break. 

Annie Lennox was live in conversation at Glasgow's SECC on Thursday in "an offering a collection of thoughts, memories and reflections, mixing conversation, musical performance and visual imagery". Our reporter Paul English went along and tells us more.

BAFTA Breakthrough Brit, British Independent Film Awards ‘Best Newcomer’ and Screen International ‘Star of Tomorrow’, Scottish actress Chloe Pirrie joins Janice to talk about her explosion onto screens big and small in titles such as BBC's 'The Victim', Netflix series 'The Crown' and Sky's original 8-part, darkly comic thriller 'Temple', amongst many others.

We hear about the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Big Noise Govanhill's residency in Holyrood secondary school throughout next week.

Morna Young and Iona Fyfe discuss the role that the Scot's language plays in today's society and culture following 'A Scot's Gaitherin'' event in Glasgow on Friday. 

Director Elly Taylor and Event Curator and Chair Shona Thomson discuss Elly's 1996 documentary 'Maya Angelou on Burns' ahead of a special screening at the Wigtown Book Festival next week.

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