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Donna Franceschild
TV and radio dramatist and mental health campaigner Donna Franceschild talks to Edi Stark about growing up a misfit in California.
TV and radio dramatist and mental health campaigner Donna Franceschild talks to Edi Stark about growing up a misfit in California, inventing her surname as a reaction of not knowing her father, and making the impulsive decision to move to the UK in her early twenties. Now resident in Tarbert Argyll, she explains why she feels that she is now Scottish. And there's good news for fans of her most famous TV drama, Takin' over the asylum.
Last on
Boxing Day 201707:30
BBC Radio Scotland
Broadcasts
- Wed 14 Jun 201713:30BBC Radio Scotland
- Sun 18 Jun 201706:00BBC Radio Scotland
- Boxing Day 201707:30BBC Radio Scotland
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