The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth

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The Afternoon Show: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Marnie Dickson on Gold Digger, and Resonate Music Industry Conference.

Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Marnie Dickson on Gold Digger, and Resonate Music Industry Conference.

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Marnie Dickson on Gold Digger, and Resonate Music Industry Conference.

Adam Cohen talks about his father Leonard Cohen's posthumous album Thanks for the Dance.

Janice talks to Marnie Dickson, the writer and creator of Gold Digger, new BBC One drama starring Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes, and looks ahead to Resonate Music Industry Conference

Janice Forsyth is joined by author Elizabeth Strout to hear about Olive, Again – the sequel to her Pulitzer Prize winning novel Olive Kitteridge

Adam Cohen talks about finishing his father Leonard Cohen’s last album after his death in 2016, building on their previous collaboration You Want It Darker. The new album is called Thanks for the Dance, and Janice will play tracks from it.

Following the launch of Apple TV Plus and Britbox, Stuart Cosgrove and Will Gompertz discuss the growing number of television streaming services, and give their opinion on whether streaming platforms are worth spending your money on.

Marnie Dickson tells Janice about Gold Digger, the new BBC One drama starring Julia Ormond and Ben Barnes, which she wrote and created.

Janice looks ahead to the third edition of Resonate Music Industry Conference with Paul McGeechan of Love and Money, Friends Again and Starless, Musical Director of Scottish Women Inventing Music Hilary Brooks, and the Project Manager of Resonate, Susan Montgomery. 

Janice’s Single of the Week is Oops! by The Girl Who Cried Wolf. Audrey Tait and Lauren Gilmour join Janice in the studio.

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Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, Marnie Dickson on Gold Digger, and Resonate Music Industry Conference.

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