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Phil Differ, Craig Hill and Fern Brady on comedy, plus Adam Holmes

Phil Differ, Craig Hill and Fern Brady talk about preparing for the Glasgow International Comedy Festival, plus Janice Forsyth is joined by singer-songwriter Adam Holmes.

The Glasgow International Comedy Festival officially launches its 2017 programme tomorrow; Phil Differ, Craig Hill and Fern Brady, all on the bill, join Janice to discuss what it takes for a comedian to prepare for a festival.

Singer-songwriter Adam Holmes joins us ahead of a busy few months; he's performing in the Celtic Connections Opening Concert, supporting Eddi Reader on tour and doing a solo tour of his own.

We meet the newly-appointed Professor of Comics at The University of Dundee, Chris Murphy.

Good Me Bad Me: we meet the author of one of the most talked about debut novels of 2017, Ali Land.

Jill Murphy's The Worst Witch series of books, featuring Mildred Hubble, has been a hit with generations of children from the publication of the first title in 1974. Over 4m copies have been sold. As a new TV adaptation comes to the screen, we ask Nicola Meighan, fan of the books, and her nine year old daughter to preview the new C91热爆 series.

And- Irvine Welsh was recently announced at the patron of the Leith Theatre Trust, so we get a sense of the history of the venue and what it means to the local community.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Jan 2017 14:00

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