Homepage

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
BBC Account
Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
Close menu
BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals
  • Home
  • BBC Sounds
  • BBC Arts
  • BBC Scotland

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
The prolific author reads from his latest novel on Simon Mayo's Radio 2 Book Club.
  1. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
    03:11
    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  2. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    03:11
    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    View More From Jesse Jackson
  3. Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    02:48
    Jesse Jackson on the Black Lives Matter movement
    View More From Jesse Jackson
  4. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  5. Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:38
    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  6. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  7. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:01
    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  8. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    00:47
    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  9. Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    55:20
    Etgar Keret and Alain Mabanckou at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  10. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  11. Ali McGregor sings Song 2
    02:35
    Ali McGregor sings Song 2
  12. Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
    04:22
    Kirsty Logan finds inspiration in the North East coast of Scotland
  13. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  14. Now playing
    Up next

Act Videos

  • AC Grayling
  • Alan Johnson
  • Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  • Ed Byrne & Jason Byrne In Conversation
  • Edinburgh 2015
  • George the Poet
  • Howard Jacobson
  • Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Limmy
  • Liz Lochhead
  • Michael Frayn
  • Poetry Slam Grand Final
  • Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo
  • Richard Coles
  • Robert Lepage
  • Rory Bremner and Friends
  • Simon McBurney
  • Sylvie Guillem
  • The Female Gaze
  • The Janice Forsyth Show
  • Val McDermid & Nicola Sturgeon
  • Cymraeg
  • GĂ idhlig
  • Gaeilge

Explore the BBC

  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Innovation
  • Culture
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Video
  • Live
  • Terms of Use
  • About the BBC
  • Privacy Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookies
  • Cookies
  • Accessibility Help
  • Parental Guidance
  • Contact the BBC
  • Make an editorial complaint
  • BBC emails for you
  • Advertise with us
Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.

You might also like:

news | sport | weather | worklife | travel | future | culture | world | business | technology