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Actor Kara Tointon, Short Attention Span Theatre and debut novelist Abigail Abbas
Len Pennie with guests including actor Kara Tointon and debut novelist Abigail Abbas.

30/03/2026
Len Pennie on what's happening in the arts and culture scene across Scotland.

Sir Tim Rice, lyricist
Sir Tim Rice, lyricist, talks to Len Pennie about his career in a special programme.

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Len Pennie and Anna Welander discover listener content from BBC Upload.

Zara Janjua sits in. Travelling Gallery, Flight and Scottish Chamber Orchestra residency in Craigmillar, Edinburgh
Director Candice Edmunds talks about Flight, a play about two children seeking refuge.

Actor Tom Chambers, Brownbear's Matt Hickman and Arts Mixtape
Actor Tom Chambers on taking on the role of Inspector Morse in the stage production.

Novelist and poet Jenni Fagan, Pictish Trail, and Kate Grenyer is the director of Fife Contemporary
Jenni Fagan talks about her new novel The Delusions, and live music from Pictish Trail.

Under the Hammer by Samantha Dooey-Miles, Flora the Musical, Loud Poets
Len Pennie is joined by Kevin McLean from the Loud Poets ahead of World Poetry Day.

The Other Bennet Sister, HippFest Silent Film Festival, and Metagama: An Atlantic Odyssey
Screenwriter Sarah Quintrell on The Other Bennet Sister, a brand new BBC One series.

16/03/2026
Len Pennie on what's happening in the arts and culture scene across Scotland.