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The Afternoon Show: Jimmy Webb, Reyah Martin and Tuesday Review

Jimmy Webb, Reyah Martin and Tuesday Review

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Writer Simon Evans discusses his new BBC drama Staged which was all filmed in lockdown.

Janice speaks to 20 year old Glasgow writer Reyah Martin about winning the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada and Simon Evans discusses his new BBC drama Staged.

Janice talks to writer Simon Evans about his new comedy Staged which was filmed in lockdown starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen as versions of themselves.

20 year old writer from Glasgow Reyah Martin has just won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Europe and Canada. She tells Janice about her winning story Wherever Mister Jensen Went.

And in the week he should have been performing in Scotland, there's another chance to hear Jimmy Webb play exclusively for The Afternoon Show, including the story of writing Wichita Lineman. 

Plus for Tuesday Review; Jane Graham, Briana Pegado and James Crawford give their verdict on the BBC One drama Sitting In Limbo, inspired by the Windrush scandal, The Salisbury Poisonings starring Rafe Spall and Anne Marie Duff about the Novichok poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in 2018 and Chromatica, the new album from Lady Gaga.

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