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The Stornoway Way, Drag Race UK, Debbie Harry's memoir

Janice Forsyth talks to Kevin MacNeil about turning his cult novel into a musical, plus reviews of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, and Face It - the new memoir from Blondie's Debbie Harry.

Writer Kirsty Logan talks about her new collection of feminist horror stories, Things We Say in the Dark.

Harry Birrell Presents: Films of Love and War is a documentary about Harry Birrell, a boy who was given a cine-cam for his birthday in 1928, and who then spent a lifetime making films, from his childhood in Scotland to wartime Burma and Bombay. Director Matt Pinder and Harry鈥檚 granddaughter Carina Birrell tell Janice about watching hours of his work to put this film together.

Writer Kevin MacNeil has adapted his much-praised 2005 book, The Stornoway Way into 鈥渁 musical tragicomedy鈥, which begins a Scottish tour this week. Kevin and director Matthew Zajac join Janice in studio.

Plus in the Tuesday Review, critics Fiona Shepherd, Neil Cooper and Amy Taylor tell us what they think of RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race UK 鈥 大象传媒3鈥檚 take on the reality show for drag queens; Netflix comedy drama The Politician, starring Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Ryan Murphy, creator of Glee and American Crime Story; and Face It: A Memoir by Blondie鈥檚 Debbie Harry.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Music Played

  • Blondie

    Call Me

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Sufjan Stevens

    Chicago

    • Come On Feel The Illinoise.
    • Rough Trade.
  • Blondie

    Atomic

    • Atomic: The Very Best Of Blondie.
    • EMI.
  • Leonard Cohen

    You Want It Darker

    • You Want It Darker.
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Oct 2019 14:00