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Clive Anderson with Paul Daniels and Bob Marshall-Andrews at the Edinburgh Festival.

At the Edinburgh Festival, Clive Anderson is joined by Paul Daniels, Bob Marshall-Andrews, Phill Jupitus, Lorraine Chase and Arthur Smith. With music from Voices and Iain Morrison.

Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy from the Edinburgh Festival!

You'll like this...not a lot, but you'll like it, because bringing some magic to Loose Ends at Edinburgh is magician Paul Daniels. From the 1970's Paul became a household name hosting his own show on BBC1 with his wife Debbie McGee and becoming a regular fixture on television. They are now starring in a new show at Edinburgh called 'Hair Today Gone Tomorrow'.

A surprise for the festival this year is Phill Jupitus who joins Clive to talk about his return to the Fringe after a 10 year hiatus from standup comedy. Phill is a familiar face as a team captain on BBC 2's music quiz 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks' and a regular guest on 'QI'. He's also made a name for himself on the stage, having starred in 'Hairspray' and 'Spamalot'.

Former MP and Labour backbench radical Bob Marshall-Andrews QC has written 'Off Message' a witty and subversive account of life under New Labour and Tony Blair. Find out what happens when you work on the case of your constituent's pet alligator and more.

Edinburgh and Loose Ends wouldn't be the same without our regular right-hand man Arthur Smith (so identified with the Edinburgh Fringe that they named one of the city's high peaks after him...*). Arthur talks to the woman who put Luton Airport on the map, Lorraine Chase.

And from the Outer Hebrides, music comes from the Scots Trad Music Awards 2010 Composer of the Year, Iain Morrison with album track, 'The Sky Throws You'. And from even further afield, in fact from around the world, Voices perform 'Imani' in acappella.

*possibly not true. Although it sure feels as though Arthur's been around as long as Arthur's Seat...

Producer: Cathie Mahoney.

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