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Front Row: Edinburgh Special with Reginald D Hunter, David Peace, Julie Madly Deeply

Edinburgh Special with Reginald D Hunter, David Peace, Julie Madly Deeply

15/08/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Edinburgh Special with Reginald D Hunter, David Peace, Julie Madly Deeply

Mark Lawson interviews guests from the Edinburgh festivals including Reginald D Hunter.

Mark Lawson reports from Edinburgh and speaks to guests, including comedian Reginald D Hunter and the writer David Peace, whose new book is about Liverpool manager Bill Shankly.

With Mark Lawson.

Reginald D. Hunter discusses race, sex and anatomy in his latest Edinburgh show In the Midst of Crackers. He reflects on fourteen years of coming to the festival and explains why he thinks the world has become a more stupid place in that time.

Novelist David Peace is best known for the Red Riding Quartet and The Damned United, a fictional portrait of Brian Clough's spell at Leeds United. His new novel, Red or Dead, focuses on the legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly. 

Cabaret performers Sarah-Louise Young and Michael Roulston bring a taste of Hollywood royalty to the BBC tent with an extract from their homage to Julie Andrews, Julie Madly Deeply.

Politics has been a common theme among a variety of genres at the Fringe this year. Kevin Toolis, creator of dramatic monologue The Confessions of Gordon Brown, Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, starring as David Cameron in The Three Lions and Gráinne Maguire, comedian and creator of One Hour All Night Election Show, discuss different approaches to tackling politics on stage.

Producer Ellie Bury.

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