28/03/2014
Janice Forsyth talks to John Lloyd about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Plus novelist Sebastian Barry, singer Gregory Porter, and Pink Floyd collaborator Ron Geesin.
Legendary comedy producer and onetime flatmate of Douglas Adams, John Lloyd, tells us about his starring role in Radio 4's live broadcast of The Hitch Hiker's Guide To the Galaxy.
Grammy-award winning singer, Gregory Porter, reveals the Scottish inspiration for his new single.
Sebastian Barry discusses his latest novel, The Temporary Gentleman.
Composer, musician, sound architect, Pink Floyd collaborator and son-of-Ayrshire, Ron Geesin, joins us in advance of his solo gig in Glasgow.
Sarah Jessica Parker said Scottish theatre company, Catherine Wheels, gave her the best forty minutes of her life with their performance of children's play, White. We hear why they've now decided to turn White into an app for iPad and iPhone.
And in our comedy monologue, Schmoozing Julia, we hear from Sylvia on how to become a Jewish grandmother.
All that and more great music than you can shake a leg at daddy-o!
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Gregory Porter Interview
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John Lloyd Interview
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Big Girls Don't Cry Part Three: Schmoosing Julia
Duration: 05:00
What’s Funny...? Call For Entries
As mentioned on today’s programme, if you fancy yourself as a comedy writer we might have just the thing for you. If you’re aged between 15 and 24, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland Learning and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Comedy are looking for comic writing from you that reflects the Referendum on Scottish Independence.Β
How will the coming year affect you? Will it affect you at all? We want to hear your comedy content on Scottish-ness, British-ness, voting – anything, in fact, which feels connected to the referendum. It can be short jokes and one-liners, character monologues, sketches, anything really as long as it’s funny.
The best material will go to a panel of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ script editors and the very best will be recorded for broadcast. The deadline for entries is 9am on Monday the 21st April.
Broadcast
- Fri 28 Mar 2014 14:05Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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