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Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language
Friday 23 February 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)

Ian McMillan presents the weekly magazine about language. Guests include award-winning eartoonist Peter Blegvad.

Duration:
45 minutes

Playlist

Ian McMillan presents the literary cabaret programme in a brand-new Friday slot. Ian will be joined by a host of wordsmiths helping him deliver a range of hilarious, surprising and arresting takes on our experiences of Friday night. Comic monologist Sophie Woolley gives a dizzying set of performances as Monica and Claudine, two young ladies dangerously under the influence of alcohol on a Friday evening binge. The Verb's resident eartoonist, Peter Blegvad, tackles the etymology of Friday and its various incarnations through popular song, whilst writer Linda Grant ponders on the significance of Friday night in the Jewish home in a specially commissioned piece. Also joining them will be the up-and-coming singer Kate Nash, who riffs on the theme in a newly written song, plus, an affectionate and moving portrayal of Friday night in nineteen fifties Leicester from the novelist Sue Townsend.