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3 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Sat, Aug 13, 2016 30 mins
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.
Episode 2
Sat, Aug 20, 2016 30 mins
Kirsty interviews the 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, experiments and audience interaction.
Episode 3
Sat, Aug 27, 2016 30 mins
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.