Category: Scotland
Date: 06.06.2005
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91Èȱ¬ Radio Scotland springs into summer
with a brand new schedule for daytime - and a whopping 41 new programmes.
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A combination of new, previous and current presenters
ensure that Radio Scotland's daytimes are fresh and cutting edge.
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From Monday 13 June, the daytime schedule is as follows:
6.00-9.00am Good Morning Scotland
9.00-9.30am Morning Extra
9.30-11.00am MacAulay & Co
11.05-11.30am New Conversation Formats
11.30am-noon Varied Features & Magazine programmes
Noon-1.10pm Scotland Live
1.10-2.00pm The Radio Café
2.05-4.00pm Tom Morton
4.00-6.00pm Newsdrive
6.10-7.00pm The Radio Café
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Elevenses will never be the same again, when not one,
not two, but three feisty females take the helm of a number of new mid-morning
weekday conversation formats.
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Mondays and Fridays see the return of Lesley
Riddoch with a new 13-part series entitled All
Change. Expect direct speaking and no nonsense grillings
as Lesley interviews people who have experienced change in their professional
lives.
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Monday's programme features The First Minister, Jack
McConnell, on his return from Malawi. Lesley asks how the trip to one
of the poorest countries on Earth has changed him and discusses the
G8 summit.
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On Friday, she chats to Midge Ure, who tried to change
the world with Band Aid, and asks how it changed him.
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On Wednesdays, it's The
Book I've Yet To Write, where Muriel Gray
promises to winkle a few unwritten masterpieces out of her guests.
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In the first show of this eight-part series, Muriel
interviews film-maker Richard Jobson about New Town Killers - the book
he's been burning to write.
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Clare Grogan presents Uploaded
and Personal, a new
six-part series, starting Tuesday 5 July, which examines
the listening habits of a variety of celebrities.
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Checking out their MP3 players and their most listened-to
tracks, Clare asks them to explain why those tracks are their current
favourites.
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Gary Robertson presents both
Morning Extra
and Scotland Live,
which gives listeners the chance to respond to the day's breaking news
stories.
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After Good Morning Scotland, Morning Extra talks to
the people affected. Via telephone, text, email and face to face out
and about in Scotland, Morning Extra wants to hear our opinions - whether
its about pensions, antisocial behaviour or Iraq, renewable energy
or the state of Scottish football. If everybody's
talking about it, then so is Morning Extra.
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Gary's back at noon with Scotland Live, which brings
us up-to-date with all the news happening at the busiest time of the
day, including breaking news from across Scotland, the UK and the rest
of the world.
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Closer to home and on our doorsteps, and fully interactive,
reporters around the country bring local issues to a national audience.
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Scotland Live features interviews with major international
figures and people who have dealt with extraordinary situations.
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At 9.30am, it's in bed with Fred and
an extended slot as MacAulay & Co
take listeners through till 11.00am with a different guest presenter
every week. This week, Gill Mills joins Fred for a lighter look at life.
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Future co-presenters include James MacPherson, news
presenter Sarah Smith and Sandy Clark's wife, Liz.
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Pop in to The Radio
Café at 1.10pm and join Janice Forsyth and
Clare English in Radio Scotland's virtual meeting place
of the arts. Hot on the heels of Scotland Live, The Radio Café picks
up the arts or culture story dominating the news agenda and finds the
cultural angle within breaking stories.
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Janice and Clare quiz the movers and shakers to get
answers for listeners. Drawing comparisions with what's happening elsewhere
in the UK and internationally, and interviewing the top national and
international names, The Radio Café eats to the beat of popular culture
and beyond.
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New Sports Format on Saturdays
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From Saturday 11 June at 3.30pm until 5.30pm, Radio
Scotland introduces The Main Event,
which follows the big sporting event in Scotland each week - bringing
commentary and insight to the airwaves as it goes.
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On 11 June is the RSAC Rally near Dumfries with Alison
Walker presenting, plus commentary on shinty and the latest
from the Scottish rowing championships at Strathclyde Park.
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On 18 June, Jackie Bird and Chick
Young are at Ayr for a day at the races, bringing racing commentary
to the airways as well as a top-level racing competition.
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On 25 June, The Main Event is at Knockhill, looking
ahead to the British Superbikes championships, and there is live coverage
of the Tulloch Shinty cup final from Inverness.
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On 2 July, Olympic legend David Wilkie co-presents
the Scottish swimming championships from Tollcross pool, with Commonwealth
gold medallist Alison Shepherd. Scotland's top swimmers
get their first chance to gain Commonwealth Games qualifying times.
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The programme will also look ahead to the start of
the Special Olympics, to be held in Glasgow, while the Scottish cricket
team is in action in Northern Ireland, attempting to gain full test
status.
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On 9 July, John Beattie is in Shetland
for the start of The Island Games, and there will be the latest from
the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond.
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From 13 to 17 July, Radio Scotland brings a
fantastic five days of coverage of The Open Golf Championship from the
home of golf, the Old Course at St Andrews.
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More details are soon to be announced on a documentary
looking at Behind The Scenes of The Special Olympics.
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As if that's not enough, over the next few weeks, new
music formats for summer and new comedy for Saturdays will also be announced.
