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Film Reviews, Elif Shafak and music from Adam Holmes

Grant Stott with reviews of new Benedict Cumberbatch film The Courier, and comedy Free Guy, plus novelist Elif Shafak on her novel The Island of Missing Trees.

Grant talks to novelist Elif Shafak about her new novel The Island of Missing Trees.

We get a behind-the-scenes report from the filming of The Rig, a forthcoming supernatural thriller starring Martin Compston and Emily Hampshire.

Edinburgh songwriter Adam Holmes performs live in studio, ahead of his first post-lockdown gig.

And in this week's film reviews, Anna Smith and Chris Fyvie share their thoughts on: The Courier, a Cold War spy drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessie Buckley; plus Free Guy, featuring Ryan Reynolds as a bank teller who realises he's a minor character in a video game; and I'm Your Man, a German romantic comedy in which Dan Stevens plays an android programmed to be the perfect partner.

2 hours, 28 minutes

Music Played

  • Tones and I

    Dance Monkey

    • NOW That’s What I Call Music! 104.
    • Sony Music.
    • 101.
  • Harry Nilsson

    All I Think About Is You

    • Nilsson - A Touch More Schmilsson.
    • RCA.
  • Bryan Adams

    Run To You

    • Anthology.
    • Polydor.
    • 6.
  • CHVRCHES

    The Mother We Share

    • The Mother We Share.
    • 2012 National Anthem.
    • 1.
  • The Cranberries

    Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
  • Roxette

    The Look

    • Now 15 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Chic

    Good Times

    • ¸é¾±²õ±ç³Üé.
    • Atlantic.
  • The Jacksons

    Blame It On The Boogie

    • Disco Fever (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.
  • Disco Mary

    Saturday Call

  • Celeste

    Stop This Flame

    • (CD Single).
    • Both Sides Records.
  • INXS

    Need You Tonight

    • The All Time Greatest Rock Songs ....
    • Columbia.
  • Christopher Cross

    Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

    • The All Time Greatest Movie Songs.
    • Columbia/Sony Tv.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Aug 2021 13:30