Category: Scotland
Date: 17.08.2005
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland has produced yet another feast of
new conversation strands for 11.00am.
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On Thursday 4 August, Jailed
kicked off its six-part series. Leading advocate Derek Ogg talks
to six people who all have one thing in common in that they've all spent
time behind bars.
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In the first programme, the man who broke the bank,
Nick Leeson, reveals his experiences in a Singapore
prison. In the following programme, pro-democracy campaigner James
Mawdsley talks about being tortured in a festering cell in
Burma. Other contributers include disgraced MP Jonathan Aitken,
IRA Brighton bomber Patrick McGee and former page three
model Tracy Kirby.
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The Day I Didn't Die,
a six-part series of gripping personal stories where Olivia
Giles interviews people who have stared death in the face,
started on Wednesday 10 August.
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The first of the series features Scottish
mountaineer Jamie Andrew who talks about the climb that claimed the
life of his close friend and nearly his own. The following week, Caroline
Roberts tells us of her time as a nanny at 25 Cromwell Street.
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From September, a new seven-part series presented by
Aasmah Mir - The London
Scots - begins, which explores the world of prominent
Scots who have become major players in London. Featured Scots include
David Bell of Ofsted, Andy Barr from
London Underground, Sir Jeremy Isaacs and broadcaster
James Naughtie.
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Also starting in September are two more shows, namely
For Better or For Worse
and Dad Made Me Laugh.
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For Better or For Worse, starting on Thursday 15 September,
looks at the pressures faced in relationships and asks a number of couples
whether they have been able to weather a variety of storms.
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Presented by psychologist Ros Taylor,
interviewees include former SNP deputy leader Jim Fairlie,
who was falsely accused of raping his daughter. He and his wife Kate
talk about how such a horrendous accusation can put even the strongest
marriages to the test.
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Ros also talks to Diane Hughes, who has been married
to wife Caroline for 18 years, although Diane was previously a
man. Diane and Caroline discuss how they have stayed together despite
her sex-change.
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In Dad Made Me Laugh, Sally Magnusson
talks to the children of the some of the UK's best-loved comedians and
comic actors to find out what life was like as a child of a comic. Were
their upbringings really full of laughs?
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Starting on Wednesday 21 September, the first show features
Gail Stuart, Eric Morecambe's daughter. Throughout the seven part series,
Peter Sellers' son Michael, Nick Wisdom, son of Norman, Annabel Meredith,
daughter of Chick Murray, Michael Bentine's son, Richard, Sophie Corbett,
daughter of Ronnie, and Jane Milligan, Spike's daughter, all get the
chance to have their say.
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These new conversation strands are produced by Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio
Scotland in Inverness.
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Voices is
a season of radio and TV programmes in August which aims to present
a snapshot of the different ways in which we all speak right across
the British Isles.
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Radio Scotland's contribution to the season is as follows:
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From Tuesday 16 August for five weeks at 11.30am, Muriel Gray
takes us on a journey across Scotland with Trip
Off The Tongue to hear stories from its residents about
how they live and love their language.
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This is a great opportunity to
sample a linguistic cross-section of society and hear the full richness
of our dialects, accents and languages.
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From the labourer who's transformed
himself into Dundee's very own Eminem, to the immigrant who's gone from
struggling to get his tongue round the local dialect to being its most
staunch activist, this series will surprise and inspire us with how
our language is spoken today.
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On Fridays at 11.30am, starting 19 August, Your
Word Against Mine is a fun seven-part word/dialect quiz
hosted by Cameron Stout, which brings Radio Scotland
into towns and villages across Scotland.
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With Last in Line on
Tuesday 20 September at 11.30am, a secret Scottish language is showcased
for the first time.
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Perthshire cant is unknown outside the travelling
community and 69-year-old traveller Sheila Stewart is the last in her
family line to speak it.
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Now she has decided the time has come to share
these sceret words: fammels, winklers and morikins.
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On Tuesday 27 September, a tale of language, childhood wonder and rabbits
is broadcast at 11.30am in Welcome
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Peter Kinnen.
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In 1892 Beatrix Potter came to stay
at Birnam, near Dunkeld in Perthshire. This one-off feature tells the
fascinating story of Beatrix Potter's delightful legacy which is breathing
new life into the Scots language for a whole new generation.
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Radio Scotland takes up residency again at the Spiegeltent
for the Edinburgh Festival. Live programmes from the tent include MacAulay
& Co - Monday to Friday from 15 August at 9.30am.
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This week Gill Mills joins Fred as
his co-host. The following week, from 22 August, Monday to Friday, it's
Sue Perkins in the co-presenter's chair with Fred.
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And why not pop into The
Radio Café at 1.15pm, as they'll also be live from The
Spiegeltent for two weeks, Monday to Friday.
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As ever, the guests on each show promise to be punchy
and entertaining - embracing the spirit of the Edinburgh Festival. Tickets
are free.
