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Bob Harris on The Beatles, and Len Pennie on new film Seize Them!

Michelle McManus talks to Bob Harris about the songs The Beatles wrote for other artists, and poet Len Pennie reviews historical comedy Seize Them!

Michelle McManus presents!

Nick Frost's latest film is a comedy set in the Dark Ages, starring Sex Education's Aimee Lou Wood and Derry Girls' Nicola Coughlan, as a Queen facing an uprising, and the peasant facing her down. Scots poet and presenter of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland's history podcast House of the Lion, Len Pennie, shares her thoughts on it.

Broadcasting legend Bob Harris talks to Michelle about his career on air, and the show he's bringing to Scottish theatres with his friend Colin Hall. It's called The Songs The Beatles Gave Away, about the music the Fab Four wrote for other people.

The new Afternoon Show Single of the Week is Half Price Fantasy by Grayling.

And critics Kambole Campbell and Siobhan Synnot review Dev Patel's directorial debut, action film Monkey Man.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Last on

Mon 8 Apr 2024 13:32
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

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Music Played

  • Miami Sound Machine & Gloria Estefan

    Rhythm Is Gonna Get You

    • Gloria Estefan - Greatest Hits.
    • Epic.

  • Erasure

    Lay All Your Love on Me

    • Abba-esque EP.
    • Mute.

  • The Beatles

    Now And Then

    • The Beatles 1967-1970 (2023 Edition).
    • Universal Music Recordings.

  • Mike Vickers & Cilla Black

    Step Inside Love (Original Demo)

    • 1963-1973: The Abbey Road Decade.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • David Bowie

    Space Oddity

    • Space Oddity.
    • RCA.

  • Jessie Buckley

    Country Girl

    • Wild Rose: Official Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Island Records.
    • 001.

  • Carly Rae Jepsen

    Call Me Maybe

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • Midnight Oil

    Beds Are Burning

    • Diesel And Dust.
    • Legacy.
    • 001.

  • Deacon Blue

    Real Gone Kid

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.

  • Noah Kahan

    Stick Season

    • Stick Season.
    • Mercury Records/Republic Records.
    • 2.

  • AR Rahman & The Pussycat Dolls

    Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
    • 1.

  • Vicki Sue Robinson

    Turn The Beat Around

    • American Dreams (The Best Of The 70's.
    • RCA.

  • Kenny Rogers

    The Gambler

    • Kenny Rogers - The Very Best Of.
    • Reprise.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Apr 2024 13:32
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland

Related Links

  • (www.seizethem.co.uk)
  • (www.bobharris.org)
  • (www.graylingmusic.co.uk)
  • (www.monkeyman.movie)