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This, just in, from Susan Calman;

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Hello! I've been sitting in for Fred this week on MacAulay and Co and it has been fantastic so far. Whenever I get the call to get in the hot seat I jump at the chance to do what is fast becoming my favourite ever job. I got into a taxi on Tuesday afternoon and my driver asked me if I had fun presenting the show because it sounded like I did. He was concerned that perhaps it was forced merriment he was hearing. It's not. Anyone who heard my and Anna's performance on the Kazoo on Tuesday will know that we could not pretend to have fun whilst making that much noise.

Susan Calman

On Monday I chatted with Dan Clark, star of Ö÷²¥´óÐã3's "How not to live your life" who I shared a romantic moment with when filming said sitcom last year. To be fair I think I enjoyed our kiss much more than he did! Dan is up in March for the which starts soon and, as he films in Glasgow for 3 months every year he is very much looking forward to coming back to his second home. Add to that some lovely texts and e mails in response to the listener question "what are you looking at right now" meant we were off to a flying start to the week.

Tuesday is always a favourite show for me as pops in with some delicious food to try. I met her a couple of weeks ago and impressed upon her the importance of bringing food I like because the last time she was on the show she attempted to make me eat oysters. She didn't succeed and instead the brave Karen Mackenzie consumed them. We narrowed down my food loves to one ingredient, cream, and she promised me she would make me happy. Imagine my distress when I found out that instead of delicious cream she was using spring greens! She did redeem herself though by bringing in a large bowl of whipped cream for me to digest whilst she explained how delicious vegetables are. I'm not convinced.

We also chatted about the very thing I am doing now. Blogging! An internet journal about whatever you want to write about. The Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland website has lots of great blogs from presenters about politics, gardening and entertainment. Try and do one yourself, and if you want some handy tips listen to Tuesdays show on the iplayer.

One of my favourite comedians is on Thursday's show - . He is a huge star now but I remember driving round the country with him doing gigs to ten or so people at a time. It is lovely seeing someone that you started out with doing so well and he remains a thoroughly nice chap as well.

We'll round it all off on Friday with the five things you didn't know last week keeping you up to date with the key news stories from around the country. But if you need to know what's hot and what's not before that is on the show tomorrow with an essential guide to being down with the kids.

I hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as I enjoy presenting it. Keep emailing, calling and texting into us. Speak to you soon!

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