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The Afternoon Show: From the Edinburgh Festivals with The Dolly Parton Story, Joe Thomas of The Inbetweeners and Gary Clark

From the Edinburgh Festivals with The Dolly Parton Story, Joe Thomas of The Inbetweeners and Gary Clark

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Erland Cooper tells Nicola about his EIF show and The Dolly Parton Story perform live.

Richard Shelton talks about his Edinburgh Fringe show Sinatra: Raw and performs as Sinatra and star of The Inbetweeners & Fresh Meat Joe Thomas talks about his debut stand-up show.

Scottish Album of the Year award winners Sacred Paws perform live music on the show ahead of their Summerhall gig as part of the Edinburgh Festival.

Nicola is joined by songwriter and former Danny Wilson frontman Gary Clark who composed the soundtrack to Modern Love Series 2 which is released today, and we hear exclusive songs from the album, written and performed by Gary and Modern Love showrunner John Carney.

Hannah Richards and Alex Beharrell of The Dolly Parton story join Nicola on stage to talk about their Edinburgh Fringe show and to perform their versions of 9 to 5 and Jolene for our live audience.

Actor, writer and singer, and former Emmerdale star Richard Shelton talks about his Edinburgh Fringe show Sinatra: Raw which has taken him around the world performing as Frank Sinatra, and he performs his version of That's Life on our BBC Edinburgh Festival stage.

Star of hit TV comedy shows The Inbetweeners & Fresh Meat Joe Thomas talks about his debut stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe Joe Thomas: Trying Not to Panic, in which he talks about childhood, fame and obsessive compulsive disorder. 

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Erland Cooper talks about his Edinburgh International Festival show in which he shares his music inspiration from his native Orkney to create a thought-provoking sonic experience.

Nicola asks listeners to suggest songs related to 'Country' or 'crooners' as we have performances from The Dolly Parton Story and Sinatra: Raw on the show today.

Nicola also asks listeners to guess today's Secret Song, and gets everyone to join in with the school run singalong which today is Katy Perry's Firework.

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