The Afternoon Show with Janice Forsyth

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The Afternoon Show: Les Misérables, Billy Kay, Lynne Coleman and Tuesday Review

Les Misérables, Billy Kay, Lynne Coleman and Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Les Misérables, Billy Kay, Lynne Coleman and Tuesday Review

Janice speak to Les Misérables star Dean Chisnall and Billy Kay chats about his audiobook.

Lynne Coleman discusses her new book How Scotland Dressed The World which explores how every international fashion trend stems from Scotland. Plus Tuesday Review.

Janice talks to West End musical theatre star Dean Chisnall who plays Jean Valjean in Les Misérables which is currently at the Theatre Royal in Glasgow.

Billy Kay tells Janice about recording the audiobook Scots: The Mither Tongue which was first published in 1986 and is an accessible history of the Scots language. 
  
Lynne Coleman chats about her book How Scotland Dressed The World which explores the country's rich cultural impact on the modern world. 
  
And in Tuesday Review, critics Heath Sheridan and Kiaz Trepte give their verdicts on The Power of Dog, Elbow’s new album and Superman and Lois.

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