The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth

Original version

BBC Radio Shetland

The Afternoon Show

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Tuning into what's current in film, TV, arts, theatre and music across Scotland.

BBC Radio Scotland FM

BBC Radio Orkney

BBC Radio Scotland Extra

The Afternoon Show: Janice and guests look ahead to festive TV highlights

Janice and guests look ahead to festive TV highlights

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Janice and guests look ahead to festive TV highlights

A Christmas Eve special looking ahead to TV and radio highlights of the festive period.

Janice and guests get festive, and look ahead to Christmas TV highlights including The Trial of Christine Keeler, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and Worzel Gummidge.

Load up your Santa sacks and get the mince pies ready! Today Janice and guests get festive, looking ahead to some of the TV and radio highlights of the Christmas period.

Actor Cal Macaninch tells Janice about Susan Hill’s Ghost Story: The Small Hand, in which he stars alongside Douglas Henshall and Neve Mcintosh. The drama starts on Boxing Day on Channel 5.

New BBC series The Trial of Christine Keeler tells the story of the Profumo Affair, the scandal that rocked the British establishment.  Screenwriter Amanda Coe explains why for the first time, a drama has taken Christine’s tale as the starting point. 

And in a special Christmas Eve Tuesday Review, Jonathan Whitelaw, Laura Waddell and Gerry Hassan give their verdict on:

The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Channel 4’s adaptation of Judith Kerr’s much loved picture book, with voices from stars including Tamsin Greig, Benedict Cumberbatch, David Oyelowo and Paul Whitehouse.

Worzel Gummidge - Mackenzie Crook writes, directs and stars in this BBC One reboot of the scarecrow from Scatterbrook Farm.

Slow Radio: Arctic Sound Walk, a Radio 3/podcast escape from the Christmas chaos. Travel writer Horatio Clare follows the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland, bringing listeners the sounds of cracking ice, circling ravens, rushing gales, and the silence of snow. 

Martin’s Close: A Ghost Story for Christmas, starring Peter Capaldi and adapted and directed by Mark Gatiss.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Afternoon Show

Janice and guests look ahead to festive TV highlights

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio Shetland

About BBC Radio Scotland