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The Afternoon Show: Actress Lauren Lyle, Sidney Poitier documentary and Strictly Come Dancing

Actress Lauren Lyle, Sidney Poitier documentary and Strictly Come Dancing

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Actress Lauren Lyle, Sidney Poitier documentary and Strictly Come Dancing

Lauren Lyle, writer Kim Sherwood and director Reginald Hudlin on Sidney Poitier film

Director Reginald Hudlin on his new documentary about the life of Sidney Poitier, actress Lauren Lyle on her new role in ITV's new series, Karen Pirie.

Janice will be speaking to Lauren Lyle who plays Karen Pirie, in the new adaptation of Val McDermid’s ‘The Distant Echo’

Award winning theatre director Ben Harrison has joined forces with multi instrumentalist and singer Amy Duncan for a show heading out on tour across Scotland and that combines the magic of Ben’s short stories and Amy’s music.

Edinburgh based Kim Sherwood has written the first in a trilogy of books expanding on the James Bond series and Kim will tell Janice what it’s like creating a new 007 world.

Strictly Come Dancing returns to our screens this weekend and we’ll have the first in our weekly updates from Kim Winston, Presenter and Producer of The Official Strictly Come Dancing Podcast

We hear about a new documentary, Sidney, from Oprah Winfrey about the life and legacy of actor Sidney Poitier who was the first black actor to win an Academy Award. Siobhan Synnot interviews the documentary’s director, Reginald Hudlin. 

And Janice will be chatting to the artists behind our new Afternoon Show Single of the Week

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