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Our Story: Series 11: Episode 4: Edinburgh Festival

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Episode 4: Edinburgh Festival

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Edinburgh Festival

BBC Radio Scotland - Our Story, Series 11, Edinburgh Festival

Mark Stephen celebrates 70 years of the Edinburgh International Festival in Our Story.

Seventy years after the Edinburgh Festival launched, Mark Stephen speaks to performers and audiences past and present to discover how it grew to become such a global success.

The Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe celebrate their 70th anniversary this year. Both events have given Edinburgh the title as the world's festival city attracting perfomers and audiences from all corners of the globe. In the first of two programmes on the festival, Mark Stephen turns his attention to The International Festival charting its beginnings to present day.

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Mark Stephen hears the stories of Scotland's distinctive past.

Mark Stephen hears the stories of Scotland's distinctive past from those who are part of its rich history.

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