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The Afternoon Show: Wicked, film extra Jill Goldston, and the Tuesday Review

Wicked, film extra Jill Goldston, and the Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Wicked, film extra Jill Goldston, and the Tuesday Review

Nicola meets the stars of Wicked the musical, and talks to a record breaking screen extra.

Nicola is joined by two of the stars of Wicked the musical. And she talks to Jill Goldston, the world's most prolific screen extra, now the subject of a film herself.

Nicola Meighan presents.

Laura Pick and Sarah O'Connor tell Nicola about starring as Elphaba and Glinda in much loved musical Wicked. 

Paddington creator Michael Bond's guinea pig character Olga Da Polga is back on TV for more adventures including a Christmas special, Nicola hears all about it.

Jill Goldston has made over 2000 screen appearances as an extra, including in films like Fiddler on the Roof, Flash Gordon and Aliens. Thanks to filmmaker Anthony Ing, she's now the subject of a short film herself. Nicola hears all about Jill, Uncredited.

And in this week's Tuesday Review, writers Catherine Simpson and Graeme Virtue discuss the second series of BBC One drama Vigil, starring Suranne Jones and Rose Leslie. Plus ITV's Platform 7, a supernatural thriller based on the book by Louise Doughty, and irreverent CBBC Dickens prequel Dodger.

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