Elaine C Smith, Nathan Carter, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Becky Sikasa, Claire Love Wilson
Clive Anderson chats to Scottish legend Elaine C Smith, comedian Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, and theatre-maker Claire Love Wilson. With music from Becky Sikasa and Nathan Carter.
Elaine C. Smith has delighted audiences for decades, including work on TV shows like BBC Scotland’s Two Doors Down. In her latest project she joins the touring cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and takes on a character that used to terrify her - The Childcatcher.
Claire Love Wilson is a Scottish-Canadian theatre-maker, actor, and singer-songwriter whose semi-autobiographical show Morag, You’re A Long Time Deid is inspired by the story of a grandmother she never met, and explores queer history from fragments of a recently forgotten past.
Glaswegian stand-up Christopher Macarthur-Boyd had a total sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023 and 2024, and is about to take his Scary Times show on tour across the UK and Ireland.
With music from Irish country sensation Nathan Carter, and soul and pop singer Becky Sikasa.
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- Sat 31 Aug 202418:15BBC Radio 4
- Thu 5 Sep 202421:00BBC Radio 4
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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy


