Gareth Waugh, Ria Lina, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Val McDermid

About this episode

Des and the teams break down the week's big news including various current events and cultural highlights.

Des and the teams break up the week's big news. Including: the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the Curling drama at the Winter Olympics, the East Neuk’s starring role in an international video game and more, Lead Writer: Nathan Cowley Additional material: Scott Graham, Rebecca Bain and Alex Garrick-Wright, Stephen Holford, Matthew McLane, Gabi Celaya, Mike Wooles, Fearghas Kelly, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Claire Cox, Hughie Shepherd-Cross and Neil Bratchpiece Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: Lauren Mackay Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production

People in this episode

Host: Des

Guests: Gareth Waugh, Ria Lina, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Val McDermid

Topics covered

• news
• comedy
• current events
• Winter Olympics
• video games
• arrests
• Scottish commentary

Keywords

• news
• comedy
• Winter Olympics
• video games
• arrests
• Scottish news
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio Scotland, Eco-Audio

Books & works: international video game

Places: East Neuk

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