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The Afternoon Show: Ian McKellen on bringing Hamlet to Edinburgh, plus a celebration of Neighbours, & Kate Bush fans

Ian McKellen on bringing Hamlet to Edinburgh, plus a celebration of Neighbours, & Kate Bush fans

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Ian McKellen on bringing Hamlet to Edinburgh, plus a celebration of Neighbours, & Kate Bush fans

Nicola Meighan has an extended conversation with legend of stage and screen Ian McKellen.

Nicola chats Hamlet and Gandalf with Ian McKellen, ahead of his return to the Edinburgh Festivals.

Much-loved sunny soap Neighbours is coming to an end. Erinsborough no more. But Nicola isn't going to let the soap go without a celebration of nearly 40 years and 9,000 episodes of whacky stories and unhinged characters. Aussie Kelly Fogarty and TV critic Scott Bryan will be previewing the finale, looking back on romances, plane crashes, and Dr Karl Kennedy, and Nicola will be bringing you a choice selection of music from Neighbours alumni.

In our special two-part chat with Ian McKellen, Nicola explores his first visit to Edinburgh in 1969 and the controversy that a gay kissed caused. We cover him falling in love with performing, the magic of the festival, and his dance version of Hamlet at the Ashton Hall, St. Stephens. 

Plus, we've got an exclusive first play of a new track from Callum Beattie. 

A special holiday edition of School Run Sing-a-Long. 

And, a chat with two Kate Bush mega-fans who are *literally* running up that hill tomorrow in Edinburgh.

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