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Edi Stark sits in with a live session from Gretchen Peters, plus she hears about Ken Loach documentary Versus

Edi Stark sits in for Janice Forsyth with a live session from Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters, plus she talks to director Louise Osmand about her Ken Loach documentary.

Grammy nominated Nashville singer-songwriter Gretchen Peters is live in session.

This year acclaimed British film director Ken Loach turned 80 in June , releases his 50th major work the Palme d'Or winning film I, Daniel Blake in October and marks Cathy Come 成人快手's 50th anniversary in November. Edi talks to Louise Osmond, director of Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach, which screens on 成人快手 Two on Saturday.

150 years since her birth, we celebrate author and illustrator Beatrix Potter's links with Scotland. Edi is joined by Lynne McGeachie, author of Beatrix Potter's Scotland: Her Perthshire Inspiration.

2016 is the centenary of the birth of renowned American artist Jon Schueler. For much of his life Schueler had a deep connection with Mallaig on the north west coast of the Scottish Highlands. This year his life is celebrated in a series of exhibitions of his work both in Scotland and in America and Edi talks to Magda Salveson, Schueler's widow and curator of his estate.

And we have an archive Stark Talk featuring writer Andrew O'Hagan.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Jul 2016 14:00

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