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The Afternoon Show: Martin McCann, Katherine Devlin and Declan Lawn from Blue Lights and Gabriel Quigley on The Girls of Slender Means

Martin McCann, Katherine Devlin and Declan Lawn from Blue Lights and Gabriel Quigley on The Girls of Slender Means

BBC Radio Scotland - The Afternoon Show, Martin McCann, Katherine Devlin and Declan Lawn from Blue Lights and Gabriel Quigley on The Girls of Slender Means

Michelle talks to Gabriel Quigley about adapting The Girls of Slender Means for stage

Michelle speaks to Declan Lawn, the writer of Belfast police drama Blue Lights, and cast members Katherine Devlin, who plays rookie cop Annie, and Martin McCann who plays Stevie

We’ll have the first play of our brand new Single of the Week from Dundee based Kirriemuir born singer songwriter Katie Nicoll.

Martin McCann and Katherine Devlin, better known as Stevie and Annie from BBC drama Blue Lights, along with writer Declan Lawn, tell us all about the new series.

Gabriel Quigley, star of Still Game, All Creatures Great and Small, and stage shows including Cyrano de Bergerac is here to tell us about adapting Muriel Spark’s book The Girls of Slender Means for the theatre. 

Film critic Ross MacLean and award winning actor, writer, comedian and filmmaker Zara Janjua review the new Ewan MacGregor film which was co-written by and also stars his daughter Clara – Bleeding Love.

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