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With Michelle McManus

Ray Bradshaw

Comedian Ray Bradshaw drops in, and TV guru Paul Whitelaw gives us top telly tips.

• 118 mins

With Michelle McManus

Bridget Christie and Ross King

Comedian Bridget Christie drops in, and Ross King faces Michelle in Pop Goes the Idol.

• 118 mins

The Arts Mix

Alexander McCall Smith on his latest novels, and writer and performer Henry Naylor on new play Monstering the Rocketman

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith discusses two new novels.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Nicola Barker and Frisky on performative roles by artists and audiences.

Author Nicola Barker and Edinburgh Fringe performer Frisky join Len to discuss new work.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

100 years of The Shipping Forecast, and Sarah Hall's new book Helm.

Author Sarah Hall talks about her book Helm, which was 20 years in the making.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Fiddler on the Roof, Cat Wumman: Tales O Nine Lives

The Olivier Award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof heads to Edinburgh.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Upload on the Arts Mix

Len Pennie and Anna Welander discover listener content from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Upload.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Hollywood writer and Director Chris Columbus joins Len Pennie, and Damian Barr is live on the show.

Len Pennie talks to Chris Columbus about directing The Thursday Murder Club.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Scots Opera Project and Heir of the Cursed posthumous album release.

David Douglas of the Scots Opera Project tells Len Pennie about their new productions.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

A Toast Fae the Lassies, The Sounds and Songs of Auld Lang Syne

Len hears about a new play about the three women who meant the most to Robert Burns.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

The Roses and Mary, Queen of Rock

Director Jay Roach and screenwriter Tony McNamara discuss new film The Roses.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

AF Steadman, Perth 125 Live! and Blas Festival in the Highlands

Len Pennie in conversation with AF Steadman about her final novel in the Skandar series.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Mick Herron and Ian Rankin on Slough House, Rebus and Bloody Scotland International Crime Writing Festival

Len Pennie is in conversation with Mick Herron and Ian Rankin.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

The Citizens Theatre Re-Opening Special

Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross, playwright Frances Poet and theatre critic Mark Fisher

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

The Talented Mr Ripley stage adaptation, actor Sam Riley and Consider the Consequences

Actor Ed McVey and director Mark Leipacher on stage adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Nikita Gill, Natalie Haynes, and The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Len Pennie with writers Nikita Gill and Natalie Haynes, and stage director Lizzi Gee.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

David Ireland on Coldwater, Bloody Scotland winners and exclusive first play of Lou Mclean's new single.

David Ireland talks about his new TV series, Coldwater, starring Andrew Lincoln.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Susie Dent, and Scottish Ballet's Mary Queen of Scots.

Lexicographer and Countdown’s Dictionary Corner's Susie Dent chats about her new book.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

Documentary The Golden Spurtle, and new plays The Needle Room and Black Hole Sign.

Len talks to the director of new documentary The Golden Spurtle.

• 30 mins

The Arts Mix

18/09/2025

Len Pennie on what's happening in the arts and culture scene across Scotland.

• 30 mins