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Front Row: In Edinburgh with AL Kennedy; Bobby Crush; Andy Zaltzman

In Edinburgh with AL Kennedy; Bobby Crush; Andy Zaltzman

17/08/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, In Edinburgh with AL Kennedy; Bobby Crush; Andy Zaltzman

Mark Lawson in Edinburgh with AL Kennedy, Bobby Crush, Andy Zaltzman, Sadia Azmat.

From the Edinburgh Festival, including writer and comedian AL Kennedy, pianist Bobby Crush, stand-up Andy Zaltzman, Fringe newcomer Sadia Azmat and the team behind Showstopper!

Mark Lawson presents a special programme from the Edinburgh Festival. 

His guests include Costa Prize winning novelist and part-time stand-up comedian AL Kennedy, whose new book focuses on a woman who has worked as a fake medium. 

Bobby Crush discusses playing Liberace, the flamboyant pianist who was once the world's best-paid entertainer. 

Political stand-up Andy Zaltzman considers the art of topical comedy at a time of fast-changing headlines. 

Sadia Azmat is a Fringe newcomer with her show Please Hold, You're Being Transferred to a UK Based Asian Representative, a production based on her own workplace experiences. 

The team behind Showstopper! improvise a musical finale for the programme. 

Producer Jack Soper.

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