The Afternoon Show with Michelle McManus

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The Afternoon Show: Scot Squad, The Rig, plus Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar

Scot Squad, The Rig, plus Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Scot Squad, The Rig, plus Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar

Michelle McManus talks to Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar about their new TV series.

Michelle hears about the new series of Scot Squad, and Nish Kumar and Josh Widdecombe talk about visiting local newspaper offices around the UK for their new TV show.

Josh Widdecombe and Nish Kumar talk about Hold the Front Page, a new series in which they try to find stories for local newspapers around the UK.

Jordan Young, aka PC Jack McLaren, joins Michelle to preview the latest series of Scot Squad.

As 2023 gets underway, film critics Raisah Ahmed and Paul Gallagher look ahead to some of the year's most intriguing cinema releases, including new Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones films, and director Greta Gerwig's take on Barbie.

As Scotland-set and filmed drama The Rig hits streaming services, reporter Cameron McKay goes behind the scenes with some of the cast, including Martin Compston and Emily Hampshire.

And in the first Audiobook Group of 2023, comedians Jamie Macdonald and Jay Lafferty discuss The End We Start From by Megan Hunter.

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