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Radio Scotland,17 Dec 2025,30 mins

SeriesThe Arts Mix

Jackie Bird, the History of Pantomime exhibition and The Hanna Sisters' new single.

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Bronwen Livingstone explores a new exhibition at Glasgow's City Chambers about the History of Pantomime with one of the people behind it, Professor Anselm Heinrich, and actor and pantomime star Brian James O'Sullivan. Jackie Bird is in conversation with Len Pennie, talking about her Love Scotland podcast for the National Trust of Scotland, which aims to tell the stories of the Trust's buildings through the people and places associated with them. Mary Hanna, one third of The Hanna Sisters, an Irish band who mix contemporary covers with their own compositions, introduces their new single Candlelight Carol, which is based on a 1984 John Rutter composition, and which they recorded with Mary's nieces Sarah O'Keefe and Kate Lavery.

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    Candlelight Carol
    Candlelight Carol
    The Hanna Sisters, Kate Lavery & Sarah O'Keefe