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The Janice Forsyth Show: Janice Forsyth at the Edinburgh Festivals: Ruby Wax, Omid Djalili and Erica Jong

Janice Forsyth at the Edinburgh Festivals: Ruby Wax, Omid Djalili and Erica Jong

24/08/2016

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Janice presents from the Edinburgh Festivals with Ruby Wax, Erica Jong, Omid Djalili.

Janice Forsyth presents from the Edinburgh Festivals and talks to Ruby Wax and Erica Jong, plus comedian Omid Djalili discusses his show Schmuck for a Night.

ERICA JONG and RUBY WAX join Janice on the couch to talk about their Edinburgh International Book Festival events.

OMID DJALILI talks about his Fringe show SCHMUCK FOR A NIGHT.

DEAR HOME OFFICE is an appeal to those in power, uniquely created and performed by a group of unaccompanied, young refugee men from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Somalia and Albania. Janice meets some of the creators and performers.

Described in their own words as "drag aliens singing about politics" BOURGEOIS AND MAURICE drop by to delight the eyes and ears of the BBC's Big Blue Tent audience with two tracks from their show HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD WITHOUT REALLY TRYING.

With a sell-out run at last year's Fringe, Mike Kearney's 7 piece soul-funk band THE KATET are back for 2016 to wow audiences with their Stevie Wonder tribute show.

LOVE LIES AND TAXIDERMY is an offbeat love story about Mr. Tutti Frutti, a stuffed owl and the struggle to fit in, Janice finds out more from the cast and creators.

IN HER OWN WORDS: THE DIANA TAPES is a tense thriller which presents the true story of one of the biggest media scandals in the British history, Janice meets the creator, James Clements.

Gifted Australian virtuoso guitarist and multi-instrumentalist MATTHEW FAGAN performs a section of his show - LORD OF THE STRINGS.

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