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Edinburgh International Festival artistic director Nicola Benedetti talks about this year's programme, and Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri is in conversation with Grant.

Grant talks to Sharleen Spiteri about Texas and performing in Stirling for Radio 2 in the Park.

Nicola Benedetti talks about her role as artistic director at the Edinburgh International Festival, and what we can expect this year.

Sanjeev Kohli continues with our daily 5 Things that Shaped Me feature. Today's choice is his live event.

Grant continues his Afternoons Archive Quiz, in which he plays archive clip and asks listeners to guess the year they were broadcast.

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Music Played

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Relax

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Justin Timberlake

    Can't Stop The Feeling!

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Eurythmics

    Thorn In My Side

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.

  • Blue

    All Rise

    • Now 49 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Brooke Combe

    Love Was Made of Stone

  • David Bowie

    Life On Mars?

    • David Bowie - Best Of Bowie.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • The Police

    Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

    • Ones On 1 (Radio 1 21st Birthday Albu.
    • BBC.

  • The Fratellis

    Whistle for the Choir

    • Whistle for the Choir.
    • Island.
    • 001.

  • Texas

    Tired Of Being Alone

    • Texas - The Greatest Hits.
    • Mercury.

  • Paul McCartney

    Home To Us (feat. Ringo Starr)

    • The Boys of Dungeon Lane.
    • MPL/Capitol Records.

  • Yazoo

    Only You

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Lighthouse Family

    Lifted

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Fine Young Cannibals

    Suspicious Minds

    • Drive Time 2 (Various Artists).
    • Dino.

  • Bronski Beat

    Smalltown Boy

    • Pop & Wave Vol. 1 - The Hits Of The 80's (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
    • 2.

  • Alannah Myles

    Black Velvet

    • Red Hot Metal (Various Artists).
    • Dover Records.

  • Madness

    Baggy Trousers

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Simple Minds

    New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)

    • Early Gold.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.

  • Electric Light Orchestra

    Livin' Thing

    • Light Years - The Very Best Of ELO.
    • Epic.

  • Spin Doctors

    Two Princes

    • Driving Rock (Various Artists).
    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Florence + the Machine

    You've Got The Love

    • Now That's What I Call Music 74 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 5.

  • Faces

    Stay with Me

    • Glam Crazee - Various Artists.
    • Virgin.

  • Seal

    Kiss From A Rose

    • Batman Forever O.S.T. (Various Artists).
    • ZTT.
    • 7.

  • Gabrielle

    Dreams

    • Now 1993 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Last Thursday13:30
    BBC Radio Scotland