Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Comedy hits the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011
Here's why 2011 is going to be a big, BIG year for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe...
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú assemble!
This year at the Fringe all areas of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Úwill combine their talents under one roof near Bristo Square from the 12th to the 27th of August to bring you the funny. Here's a snapshot of just some of the entertainment and comedy that will feature across this two week period.
Radio 4 will showcase a selection of its very best comedy programmes, including:
The Unbelievable Truth (chaired by David Mitchell), Just a Minute and recordings of Richard Herring's Objective, and Stephen K Amos's Life an Idiots Guide as well as Front Row, Loose Ends and much much more.
Radio 1 will be returning to Edinburgh. Scott Mills will broadcasting his show live from our pop up venue for a week from August 15th and Nick Grimshaw will be hosting some very special late night shows showcasing some of the best talent at the Fringe.
There's a twice-daily stand up show from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Comedy Presents at 5pm and 11pm which will feature the very best stand up, sketch and music. Here's a taster of the kind of acts we put on last year:
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Masterclasses will take place most afternoons with comedy greats including Ricky Gervais and Warwick Davis discussing the making of their new HBO/Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Comedy sitcom, Life’s Too Short.
And for the first time thanks to our colleagues in Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Learning we'll be running a series of Q&A sessions, comedy writing and performance workshops under the banner of The Comedy School. There'll even be the chance to show us your funny in Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Three's "Funny in 15 Seconds" video booth with the chance to get your video seen on bbc.co.uk/three and bbc.co.uk/comedy.
There'll be loads more activity across these two weeks and you will find out about it on the blog here or by following us on Twitter or liking us at .
If you want to take part in any of our events or be in the audience for any of our shows, click here to apply for tickets.
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