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Jimmy McGovern on Banished, plus author Kazuo Ishiguro and composer Paul Mealor

Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern talks about TV series Banished, plus Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his new novel, and composer Paul Mealor explains how to get into composition.

Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern talks about his new drama, Banished. Plus we have a review of that and the new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ adaptation of Poldark from TV critic Paul Whitelaw.

Kazuo Ishiguro - the Booker Prize winning author talks to Janice about his first novel in ten years, The Buried Giant.

Paul Mealor, Chair in Composition at the University of Aberdeen and composer of a choral piece for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011, talks to Janice about the opportunities for young people to get into composition and how to build a career.

Katrina Marcal is a Swedish economist and broadcaster discusses her new novel on the women in the life of economist Adam Smith.

Ahead of International Women's Day we hear about The March of Women, a pageant and procession from The Glasgow Women's Library and the Royal Conservatoire Scotland.

1 hour, 54 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Mar 2015 15:05

Chapters

  • Jimmy McGovern

    The straight talking Liverpudlian dramatist talks about his new series Banished.

  • Who cooked Adam Smith's dinner

    Katrine Marçal discusses her new book , Adam Smith and modern economics.

  • Notes For Scotland

    News of an RSNO and National Trust composition competition for 12-18 year olds

  • Kazuo Ishiguro

    Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his latest novel The Buried Giant

  • Paul Whitelaw

    Discussion of Jimmy McGovern's Banished and a new series of Poldark

  • International Women's Day

    International Women's Day and the Glasgow Women's Library celebrate Women's Suffrage

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Mar 2015 14:05
  • Sun 8 Mar 2015 15:05

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