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The Afternoon Show: Marc Almond, Nitin Sawhney and Timmy Mallett

Marc Almond, Nitin Sawhney and Timmy Mallett

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Marc Almond, Nitin Sawhney and Timmy Mallett

Janice Forsyth with Marc Almond, musician Nitin Sawhney, and TV presenter Timmy Mallett.

Janice talks to Timmy Mallett about his memoir Utterly Brilliant! and meets Nitin Sawhney ahead of his gig at Celtic Connections.

This afternoon Marc Almond talks about his new album, Chaos and a Dancing Star.

Janice meets Nitin Sawhney, in Glasgow for a Celtic Connections gig which will celebrate 20 years since his groundbreaking album Beyond Skin was released, with its themes of identity, race and nation more relevant than ever.

And Timmy Mallet talks about his memoir “Utterly Brilliant!” which tells the story of the TV presenter’s life and career, and pays tribute to his brother Martin, who had Down’s Syndrome and lived in Aberdeen’s Newton Dee community.  

And in this week's Tuesday Review:
Laura Waddell, Amy Taylor and James Crawford review controversial novel American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, facing a backlash amid claims of cultural appropriation; new Channel 4 thriller Baghdad Central, set in 2003 in the city’s Green Zone, as an Iraqi police officer tries to keep his family safe; and Next in Fashion, Netflix’s reality TV show for aspiring fashion designers, hosted by Alexa Chung and Queer Eye’s Tan France.

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