Sue Perkins is joined by guests Frank Skinner and Pamela Stephenson.
Sue Perkins is joined by guests Dame Diana Rigg and comedian Mark Watson.
Mark Watson gives his thoughts on the Fringe.
Kirsty finds out about the long-lost scripts from Hancock’s Half Hour which are being staged on the Fringe. There is also a performance from Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales and Alastair Sooke’s pick of the Art Festival.
Kirsty talks to leading theatre directors Robert Lepage and Simon McBurney. Gemma Cairney talks to some writers and performers whose productions are informed by their own experiences of depression.
Kirsty finds out about an ambitious new production of Alasdair Gray's seminal novel Lanark that opens in Edinburgh and she talks to its director and cast about the challenges of adapting such an epic work for the stage.
Kirsty Wark presents interviews and performances from the world's biggest festival of arts and culture. Kirsty speaks to Angus Deayton and Richard Wilson about their long associations with Edinburgh and about resurrecting much-loved characters and sketches from the past. Kirsty also interviews Tony Award winners actress Cherry Jones and director John Tiffany about the European premiere of their acclaimed Broadway production of Tennessee Williams's classic play The Glass Menagerie. Plus Ian Rankin joins Kirsty on a tour of the intriguingly titled exhibition The Scottish Endarkenment, and we explore two special commissions which commemorate the centenary of World War I, including Turner Prize-nominated artist Ciara Phillips's homage to a Dazzle Ship.
Kirsty Wark presents highlights and performances from the world's biggest festival of arts and culture. Kirsty interviews hugely influential Man Booker Prize winner James Kelman about his latest novel, Dirt Road - an exploration of grief, race and the power of music, set in America's Deep South. Love is all around on this year's Fringe and Kirsty talks to playwrights and performers who are exploring the science of attraction, monogamy and our need to reproduce, through science, live experiments and audience interaction. And as Mogwai, Sigur Ros and Barry Humphries sit side by side with Mahler, Schubert and Bach on the programme for the Edinburgh International Festival, we speak to some of the artists who are helping move the festival in a new direction.
Kirsty Wark presents highlights from the final week of the Edinburgh Festival and meets the comedians who have hastily rewritten their shows following the vote to leave the EU. And writer and broadcaster Bidisha explores first-hand accounts of refugees and migration at the Book Festival and on the Fringe.
Nish Kumar is behind the scenes with some of the biggest names and hopeful first timers in comedy as they try out new material and new acts. He follows comedy performers and entrepreneurs at the Edinburgh Festival who are risking it all to get laughs from the four million visitors who arrive in the city in August
For one month in August, Edinburgh is home to brave new ideas, heated debate and some of the freshest thinkers in the world. Nish Kumar spends time at the Book Festival, visits some of the venues offering lively controversy and explores why podcasters are seeking out live audiences.
Nish Kumar celebrates the new, the challenging and the shows that just defy description. Featuring singer-songwriter St Vincent, activists Pussy Riot and a show performed entirely in a burnt-out car.
Nish Kumar samples the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra playing for free in a football stadium, marvels at trail biking legend Danny MacAskill's extraordinary circus show and tries beatboxing.
Nish Kumar goes behind the scenes to sample The Blind Boys of Alabama in a remarkable partnership with Malian duo Amadou and Mariam. My Land, the Hungarian show that was top rated of all the shows at Edinburgh last year, lets Nish behind the scenes to see them on the high wires pushing the boundary of what the human body is capable of. And Nish gets to know some of this year’s up-and-coming comedians.
Nish Kumar celebrates the new, the challenging and the shows that just defy description. Mums and dads are a theme at this year’s Festivals in comedy, cabaret, theatre and circus. Comedian Ed Byrne explores whether he has any traits that are worth passing on to his children and Hear Word brings together ten of Nigeria’s biggest stars in a show that will shock with its frankness and amuse with its honesty.
