Shappi Khorsandi and Gillian Clarke on stage in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival
Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour are joined by fellow guests Gillian Clarke, Fergus Linehan and Dr Pamela Epps in front of a live audience at the Edinburgh Festival.
Shappi Khorsandi is the first guest in a week of programmes from the Edinburgh Festival. On stage in front of a live audience in the BBC's Big Blue Tent, she discusses her new show Mistress and Misfit, about Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's mistress, Lady Emma Hamilton.
In Nassim, Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour sets out to teach the audience his native language Farsi in a show which features a different performer from the Festival each day. So how does he prepare when the deal is that performers have not even seen the script before stepping out in front of an audience?
The former National Poet of Wales, Gillian Clarke, discusses her new poetry collection Zoology.
As the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe celebrate their 70th birthday this year, the International Festival's director Fergus Lenehan is joined by 90-year-old Dr Pamela Epps, who has attended every festival in the city since 1947.
Presenter John Wilson
Producer Jerome Weatherald.
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Meet the woman who has been to every Edinburgh Festival
Duration: 02:32
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Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Souleimanpour
Duration: 13:10
Dr Pamela Epps and Fergus Linehan
Duration: 07:22
Gillian Clarke
Duration: 06:07
Shappi Khorsandi
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Shappi Khorsandi's show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Mistress and Misfit, is at the Assembly George Square Studios from 15 - 27 August 2017.
Image to the left: Shappi Khorsandi
Main image above:
The Front Row stage from Left: John Wilson, Fergus Linehan, Dr Pamela Epps, Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour.
Nassim
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Nassim, the play by Nassim Soleimanpour is at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 15 - 20 August , and 22-27 August 2017.
Image: Nassim Soleimanpour
Image credit: David Monteith-Hodge
70 years of the Edinburgh Festival
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Image: The Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, Fergus Linehan, with Dr Pamela Epps
Gillian Clarke
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Gillian Clarkes' new collection of poetry, Zoology, is out now.
Image: Gillian Clarke
Image credit: Adrian Pope
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Role Contributor Performer Shappi Khorsandi Performer Nassim Soleimanpour Interviewed Guest Gillian Clarke Interviewed Guest Fergus Lenehan Interviewed Guest Pamela Epps Presenter John Wilson Producer Jerome Weatherald Broadcast
- Mon 14 Aug 201719:15BBC Radio 4
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