The Bluest Tent
Simon Mayo
Presenter
Well well. Just when you don't expect it. There we were cruising nicely with the twin treats of John Lloyd and Sofie Gråbøl (top keyboard skills here) on stage. An innocent question about subtitles...and then that happened. Who'd have thought it?
Cultural differences I believe are to blame as Sofie explained that everything is OK in Denmark. My view of the audience was quite something as 300 hands covered 300 mouths as 300 gasps were heard and John Lloyd said that was an old Danish word for fish. Apologies made, we swing into Wednesday with a jaunty swagger (overstating only slightly).
Today's tent action from Edinburgh Festival will feature our house band The Kaiser Chiefs, and chat from Best Exotic Marigold Hotel star Celia Imrie, Al Murray The Pub Landlord and a confession from Edinburgh favourite Shappi Khorshandi. The Royal Mile calls. Strange performers dressed as fridges want to give me leaflets.
See you tonight at 5.
And songs for the PUB LANDLORD please!
