Gareth Malone, Jack and the Beanstalk and It's a Wonderful Life
Janice Forsyth talks panto with Grant Stott and Allan Stewart, choirmaster Gareth Malone discusses his 2016 challenge, and there is live music from Edinburgh songwriter Dean Owens.
Writer Mark Forsyth talks about his book A Christmas Cornucopia, about the origins of Christmas traditions. He also explains what it's like thinking about Christmas in July, and why this sort of book gets so popular at Christmas-time.
Shetland singer and travel writer Malachy Tallack's latest book The Undiscovered Islands explores lands which were once thought to be real, but which don't actually exist.
Grant Stott and Allan Stewart are in studio (oh no they're not!) having climbed down the Beanstalk from the Kings' Theatre, to talk about what makes their panto formula such a success.
Janie meets some of the cast of a touring production of It's A Wonderful Life, which re-imagines the performance as a 1940s radio play.
Plus Gareth Malone on his 2016 choir challenges, Hazel Irvine tells Anne Ellis about her favourite work of art, and Edinburgh songwriter Dean Owens plays live in studio.
The Single of the Week is Mould Me by Glasgow band BooHooHoo, and today's Vinyl Verdict pits Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World against Sam Cooke's Wonderful World.
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