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with Grant Stott. Roseanne and US TV in the Trump era, Jersey Boys the musical, My Dad Wrote a Porno

Grant Stott tunes into what's current in film, TV, arts, theatre and music across Scotland. Grant talks to Jamie Morton, the creator of hit podcast My Dad Wrote a Porno.

Our Book Group this week consists of author Jonathan Whitelaw and Edinburgh Bookshop proprietor Marie Moser. They've been reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. It's been made into a movie, but is it a book worth reading?

My Dad Wrote a Porno. That's the name of the famous podcast by Jamie Morton about his dad who wrote a porno which has been given the live stage show treatment. He speaks to Grant ahead of his gig at the Edinburgh Playhouse.

Alice Merton's very catchy first ever single No Roots is massive across Europe. She tells Grant how she's enjoying the success.

Jersey Boys the musical is on at the King's Theatre in Glasgow, they come in to tell Grant about performing the famous story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

大象传媒 correspondent Peter Bowes, American historian Jennifer Wells and UK based TV critic Gavia Baker-Whitelaw discuss the revival of Roseanne after 21 years and the way American scriptwriters have tackled the Trump Presidency in spin-off and reboots of shows such as The Good Fight and Will and Grace.

Nicola Meighan is On the Record with King Creosote, talking about the story behind his song Bats in the Attic.

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Wed 4 Apr 2018 14:00

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  • Wed 4 Apr 2018 14:00