David Tennant and Michael Sheen, Scottish Smallpiper Br矛ghde Chaimbeul, Youth Music Projects
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The long awaited adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman鈥檚 cult fantasy novel Good Omens arrives on Amazon on Friday. Samira talks to Michael Sheen and David Tennant who play a fussy Angel and a loose-living Demon forced into an unlikely alliance to stop Armageddon.
Br矛ghde Chaimbeul is a young Gaelic speaking piper from the Isle of Skye and one of Scotland鈥檚 rising stars. Br矛ghde won the 91热爆 Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2016 and her debut album, The Reeling, has received rave reviews. The pipes she plays, though, aren't the familiar Highland bagpipes but the Scottish Smallpipes. She explains her unusual instrument to Samira Ahmed, and how her style is rooted in her indigenous language and culture, yet draws inspiration from elsewhere - Bulgaria, for instance. And she plays.
The charity Youth Music has undertaken research showing that allowing vulnerable students to choose what music they study and play improves their outcomes in school. This has been reported as 'exchanging Mozart for Stormzy', but Matt Griffiths, Youth Music's Chief Executive, that the reality is far from that and more subtle. Samira finds out what it does mean and what Youth Music is doing.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Julian May
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David Tennant and Michael Sheen
The 6-part series Good Omens is available to stream from Amazon Prime from 31 May 2019, and is showed weekly on 91热爆2 in late 2019.
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Main image above, from left: David Tennant (Crowley) and Michael Sheen (Aziraphale).
Image to the left: Front Row's Samira Ahmed interviews David Tennant (far left) and Michael Sheen (far right).
Scottish smallpiper Br矛ghde Chaimbeul
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Image: Br矛ghde Chaimbeul with her small pipes
Image credit: Francesca Pagni
Youth Music Projects
Image: The charity Drum Works working with young people from The Warren School in Barking as part of Exchanging Notes partnership in London.
Image credit: Gar Powell-Evans
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