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The Afternoon Show: Truman & Tennessee, Jess Gillam, Greg Buchanan, and Tuesday Review includes This Time with Alan Partridge

Truman & Tennessee, Jess Gillam, Greg Buchanan, and Tuesday Review includes This Time with Alan Partridge

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Truman & Tennessee, Jess Gillam, Greg Buchanan, and Tuesday Review includes This Time with Alan Partridge

We hear about a new film about 20th Century giants Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

The director of a new documentary about the 40-year friendship between Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, joins Janice from New York.

The director of a new documentary about the relationship between Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams, Lisa Immordino Vreeland, talks about how the two men were catapulted to fame in the 1950s, sparking a friendship and rivalry spanning nearly 40 years.

Jess Gillam, saxophonist, Classical Brit winner and TV and radio presenter, looks ahead to her virtual concert with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra on Thursday.

Novelist Greg Buchanan discusses his new literary thriller, Sixteen Horses, ahead of its being featured on BBC Two’s book programme, Between the Covers.

And This Time with Alan Partridge, the album McCartney III and new ITV crime drama Viewpoint are up for discussion in Tuesday Review.

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