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Good Morning Scotland

Good Morning Scotland: 20/10/2015

20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland, 20/10/2015

The nation's morning news programme, presented by Gary Robertson and Hayley Millar.

The nation's morning news programme, presented by Gary Robertson and Hayley Millar with travel every 15 minutes, weather every half hour, business updates and sports reports.

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The Kaye Adams Programme

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the stories making the news.

Kaye Adams gets to the heart of the news and offers the listeners the opportunity to have their say.

The Kaye Adams Programme: 20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - The Kaye Adams Programme, 20/10/2015

Kaye Adams discusses online reviews, school photos and HRT.

Kaye Adams talks online reviews, school photos and HRT, among other topics, from 0900-1200. Call 0500 92 95 00 or text 80925 to have your say.

John Beattie

News, comment and discussion on the top stories of the day with John Beattie.

News, comment and discussion on the top stories of the day with John Beattie, who's joined by the news, sports, travel and weather teams.

John Beattie: 20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - John Beattie, 20/10/2015

News, comment and discussion on the top stories of the day with John Beattie, who is joined by the news, sports, travel and weather teams.

Inspecting Detectives

A season of programmes looking at different aspects of detection.

A season of programmes looking at different aspects of detection, from solving historic Scottish cases to the role of the private investigator and the techniques of interrogation.

Inspecting Detectives: The Hand Detectives

The Hand Detectives

BBC Radio Scotland - Inspecting Detectives, The Hand Detectives

Val McDermid meets hand detectives Professor Black and Dr Meadows.

Val McDermid meets Professor Black and Dr Meadows from the University of Dundee, who specialise in identifying individuals from images of their hands.

Dr Helen Meadows looks like she could grace our screens in Silent Witness, but in actual fact she was works with Professor Sue Black at the pioneering Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee, as a cutting edge hand detective. For the first time Val McDermid is given exclusive access to their work.
The hand is Meadows' area of focus. Variations in scars, skin pigmentation, the smallest nooks and crannies of the fingernail and most importantly, superficial vein patterns. All of these can build a body of evidence and allow the police to identify an offender in an incriminating photograph. Meadows explains that the back of the hand is part of the anatomy that an offender is quite happy to have in an image, whereas they wouldn't necessarily want their face captured. In 2009, the department's work was instrumental in the Neil Strachan case, part of Scotland's biggest paedophile ring. His unusually distorted lunula, the white half -moon at the bottom of a nail helped identify and convict him.
Of the 40 or so cases they have worked on, their data has resulted in over 80 per cent of suspects changing their plea.
Meadows and Black deal with some of the worst elements of humanity. How do they cope when their job, which involves working on images and videos of horrific abuse Her approach is to be as clinical as possible. "It's just like going to the dissection room and looking at an isolated part of the body and treating it in that way." But Professor Black discloses to Val McDermid that because of what she has witnessed during this work she has in fact suffered from post-traumatic stress.

The Janice Forsyth Show

Janice Forsyth tunes into what is happening and what is buzzing in the arts world.

The Janice Forsyth Show: Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

BBC Radio Scotland - The Janice Forsyth Show, Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

Janice talks to comedian Andy Hamilton, plus Edinburgh band Golden Arm play live.

Janice Forsyth talks to comedian Andy Hamilton about his upcoming stand-up tour, plus Edinburgh band Golden Arm talk about a new theatre project and play live.

Comedian Andy Hamilton is a panel show regular and creator of TV series such as Drop the Dead Donkey, Outnumbered and Ballot Monkeys. He tells Janice about taking to the road in his new stand-up show.

Bob Dickson finds out about the enduring appeal of John Buchan's novel The Thirty Nine Steps, published a hundred years ago this week.

Edinburgh indie band Golden Arm and theatre company Blood of the Young explain how they are collaborating to create a unique piece of theatre.

The winner of the Dundee International Book Prize is announced live on tomorrow's show, today Janice hears extracts from two of the shortlisted novels.

And there's the Tuesday Review: authors Karen Campbell and Kirsty Logan, and critic Chitra Ramaswamy on new TV series The Last Kingdom, Tracey Thorn's compilation album Solo, and Career of Evil, the latest book from JK Rowling's alter ego Robert Galbraith.

Newsdrive

News and comment from Scotland and around the world

Newsdrive: 20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - Newsdrive, 20/10/2015

Mhairi Stuart presents breaking news and sport from Scotland, the UK and around the world.

Mhairi Stuart presents breaking news and sport from Scotland, the UK and around the world, plus regular travel and weather updates.

Get it On with Bryan Burnett

Bryan Burnett with essential music chosen by listeners.

Get It On... With Bryan Burnett

Get it On with Bryan Burnett: 20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - Get it On with Bryan Burnett, 20/10/2015

Bryan Burnett celebrates the greatest debut number one singles.

Bryan Burnett celebrates the greatest debut number one singles, asking listeners to select their favourite artists' first chart-toppers.

Tonight we're celebrating the greatest debut number 1 singles. What's the first chart topper by your favourite artists? Get in touch. Call 0500 929500 Text:80295 getiton@bbc.co.uk.

Another Country with Ricky Ross

Ricky Ross enters the landscape of Americana and alternative country

Ricky Ross enters the musical landscape of Americana and alternative country. Featuring new and classic tracks, with Ricky taking a closer look at the stories behind the songs

Another Country with Ricky Ross: Owen Bradley: The Nashville Sound

Owen Bradley: The Nashville Sound

BBC Radio Scotland - Another Country with Ricky Ross, Owen Bradley: The Nashville Sound

Ricky Ross celebrates the centenary of country music producer Owen Bradley.

Ricky Ross celebrates the centenary of country music producer Owen Bradley, who was one of the key people responsible for the Nashville sound.

Record producer Owen Bradley, one of the pioneers of the Nashville sound in country music, was born 100 years ago this week. His new approach to country kept the genre fresh during the 1950s and 1960s. Owen Bradley reinvented old country stars, shaping recordings by Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Ernest Tubb, Kitty Wells and even produced k.d. lang's 1988 album Shadowland. 

Tonight Ricky Ross celebrates Owen Bradley's legacy and the impact he made, playing some of the Countrypolitan songs he was responsible for.

Iain Anderson

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk and rock'n'roll.

End the day in the company of the song writing masters of country, folk, blues, soul and rock'n'roll.

Iain Anderson: 20/10/2015

BBC Radio Scotland - Iain Anderson, 20/10/2015

Iain Anderson with country, folk, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll.

End the day in the company of the songwriting masters of country, folk, blues, soul and rock 'n' roll.

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The Janice Forsyth Show

Andy Hamilton, Golden Arm and the Tuesday Review

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Another Country with Ricky Ross

Owen Bradley: The Nashville Sound

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