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A special edition live from the 大象传媒 Foyer at Pacific Quay

Janice Forsyth presents a special edition for 大象传媒 Music at the Quay and is joined by guests including actor Billy Boyd, who discusses his work and plays live with his band Beecake.

As part of '大象传媒 Music at The Quay', Janice Forsyth presents a special edition of the programme live from the 大象传媒 Foyer at Pacific Quay; she'll be 'Taking The Temperature of Scottish Cinema' with special guests including: Actor, Billy Boyd who will be discussing his work and performing live with his band 'Beecake'. Their new album,The World Of Things" released 15th June.

Later, he'll be joined by fellow actor, Iain Robertson and screenwriter Sergio Casci to talk about the opportunities available to people aspiring to work in cinema here in Scotland.

The 'Edinburgh International Film Festival' is about to get underway, so she'll also be hearing from the new artistic director, Mark Adams who will be joined by Alan Hunter - director of the Glasgow Film Festival!! They will get together to talk about the function of film festivals in Scotland.

Regular Critics, Siobhan Synnot and Alistair Harkness will be on hand to share their thoughts on this week's hottest films, including the highly anticipated, action-comedy, Spy, featuring rising star, Melissa McCarthy, documentary feature, Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films - the studio that unleashed a wide range of entertaining exploitation films in the 1980s, and 'Listen Up Philip' - the latest outing from Jason Schwartzman; a film which hearkens back to classic 'neurotic' comedies of '70s cinema.

All that and live music in session: from The Dunwells, and our house, band led by the redoubtable guitar maestro Ged Brockie.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Chapters

  • Billy Boyd

    Actor and musician joins Janice for a chat.

  • Working in Cinema in Scotland

    Janice chats with the esteemed panel about the state of cinema in Scotland

  • Scottish Film Festival

    Mark Adams & Alan Hunter join Janice on the couch live at 大象传媒 Pacific Quay

  • Spy

    Alistair Harkness & Siobhan Synnott review the film "Spy"

  • Listen Up Phillip

    Janice and the gang review the film Listen Up Phillip live in the PQ foyer.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Jun 2015 14:00

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