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Radio Scotland,12 Mar 2026,30 mins

Series The Arts Mix

A Woman of Substance screenwriter Katherine Jakeways, Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, author Dorothy Koomson

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A Woman of Substance screenwriter Katherine Jakeways talks about her new Channel 4 adaptation of the best-selling novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, following in the footsteps of the 1985 mini-series that broke viewing records for the channel. Bestselling author Dorothy Koomson, who’s been dubbed ‘the Queen of the Reveal’ for her compelling plots, chats to Len. Her new book is The Quiet Girls and today is publication day! And conductor Michael Bawtree looks ahead to a huge concert happening in Edinburgh this weekend which will see 250 performers onstage, including one of the UK’s oldest and most distinguished choirs, the Edinburgh Royal Choral Union, performing two masterworks of choral singing.

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