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Edinburgh Festivals

Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland comes live from the Edinburgh Festival 2011. On this page you can see the latest updates from MacAulay and Co and The Festival Cafe as well as all our other Festival content. There's also archived blogs from the 2010 Edinburgh Festivals.

Visit Ö÷²¥´óÐã at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for more information about the Ö÷²¥´óÐã programmes and events at the Festivals.

1. MacAulay & Co Fringe blog by Graham Angus

   19:19 UK time, Tuesday, 7 August 2012

   Graham Angus is working as a runner at Ö÷²¥´óÐã Potterrow for Fred and the team and has provided this day two run down of MacAulay and Co. at the Fringe.......

2. Edinburgh Festival 2012

   12:00 UK time, Saturday, 4 August 2012

   This year Off The Ball starts off Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland's stint at the Festival. There's a debut too from Vic Galloway who takes his Monday night show through to Edinburgh with guests including Frightened Rabbit....

3. Fred at the Fest: Final Post

   14:05 UK time, Tuesday, 30 August 2011

   In her final post for Fred at the Fest, Charlotte Runcie summarises Friday's show and her festival experience ......

4. The Festival Cafe - day ten

   11:00 UK time, Tuesday, 30 August 2011

   Here are the final blogs from the Festival Cafe runners. Our thanks go to them for taking the time to share their experiences with us here on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland blog. Andy Mallon Andy...

5. Fred at the Fest: Day 10

   09:20 UK time, Monday, 29 August 2011

   Well folks, that's it for another year ... The final episode of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland's flagship festival comedy show from Potterrow was on Friday and Fred hosted a star studded show featuring Al Murray, Jon...

6. Fred at the Fest: Day 9

   14:29 UK time, Friday, 26 August 2011

   Andrea McKinnon writes a review of yesterday's penultimate MacAulay and Co. show of the fest......

7. Emerging from the Tent

   14:00 UK time, Friday, 26 August 2011

   And so, farewell, big starry roofed tent at Potterrow - job done for another festival.You were a strange temporary home after a few years at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre with its warm and dependably...

8. The Festival Cafe - day nine

   12:20 UK time, Friday, 26 August 2011

   Here are the Festival Cafe runners' blogs from the penultimate Cafe from Ö÷²¥´óÐã @ Potterrow... Andy Mallon Today's show was the penultimate Festival Café of 2011 (I can't believe it either!) The show was full...

9. The Festival Cafe - day eight

   09:02 UK time, Friday, 26 August 2011

   Here are the runners' blogs for the Festival Cafe on 24 August 2011. Lalita Augustine So, we are halfway through our last week at the festival (boo), but we had yet another excellent show today...

10. Fred at the Fest: Day 8

    12:15 UK time, Thursday, 25 August 2011

    Day 8 of MacAulay and Co. @ Potterrow and runner Iona Bannerman shares her impressions of yesterday's show ....

11. Fred at the Fest: Day 7

    12:40 UK time, Wednesday, 24 August 2011

    Fiona McKay provides an update of her second week, working as a production runner for MacAulay and Co. at the Edinburgh Festival....

12. The Festival Cafe - day seven

    11:55 UK time, Wednesday, 24 August 2011

    Here are the Festival Cafe runner blogs for Tuesday 23 August... Andy Mallon Today's show at Potterrow was a theatrical delight as our audience were joined by the magnificent Frank Sinatra & the delightful Doris...

13. The Festival Cafe - day six

    11:18 UK time, Tuesday, 23 August 2011

    It's week two of the Festival Cafe, and here are the runners' blogs from 22 August... Andy Mallon Week two has begun, and begun with a bang! Today we were joined by the fabulous Diana...

14. Fred at the Fest: Day 6

    10:50 UK time, Tuesday, 23 August 2011

    MacAulay and Co. runner Joanna Lee embarks on a second week of festival frolics and keeps us updated on all the behind the scenes banter with her backstage blog......

15. Fred at the Fest: Day 5

    11:49 UK time, Monday, 22 August 2011

    MacAulay and Co. runner Andrea McKinnon provides a summary of the guests, gags and best bits from last Friday's show ......

16. The Festival Cafe - day five

    10:01 UK time, Monday, 22 August 2011

    The Festival Cafe runners share their experiences of day five of the show from the Edinburgh Festivals... Lalita Augustine Welcome to the last day of our first week at the Fringe! Today's show was an...

17. Fred at the Fest: Day 4

    14:30 UK time, Friday, 19 August 2011

    MacAulay and Co. runner Joanna Lee describes the comedy antics of yesterday's morning's show......

18. The Festival Cafe - day four

    10:50 UK time, Friday, 19 August 2011

    Here are the runners blogs for day four of The Festival Cafe... Annabel Cooper Tally ho' chaps, and welcome to day four of one's daily dispatch from the wireless village at Edinburgh's Potterrow. Today's was...

19. Fred at the Fest: Day 3

    12:45 UK time, Thursday, 18 August 2011

    MacAulay and Co. runner Fiona McKay, provides a "run-down" of guests, performances, and her own personal highlights from Wednesday's show....

20. The Festival Cafe - day three

    12:15 UK time, Thursday, 18 August 2011

    Here are The Festival Cafe runners blogs about Wednesday 17 August... Joanne Smithers Today's show was stuffed to the gunnels with talent, so much so I was feeling a wee bit apprehensive about the logistics...

21. Fred at the Fest: Day 2

    12:05 UK time, Wednesday, 17 August 2011

    Day two of MacAulay and Co. at the Edinburgh Festival and a show that was packed with music, comedy, celebrities and laughs. Runner Iona Bannerman tells us all about it......

22. The Festival Cafe - day two

    10:10 UK time, Wednesday, 17 August 2011

    Below are the Festival Cafe blogs from Tuesday 16 August, written by the show's runners, but first here's a video of highlights from the programme... Andy Mallon Day two at Potterrow has been and gone...

23. The Festival Cafe - day one

    11:05 UK time, Tuesday, 16 August 2011

    The Festival Café began a two week run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe yesterday, and the runners have kindly offered to write blogs about their experiences working on the show. Here they are talking about...

24. Fred at the Fest: Day 1

    16:11 UK time, Monday, 15 August 2011

    For the next two weeks MacAulay and Co. will be coming live from the Edinburgh Festival, and will be featuring the biggest and brightest stars from the comedy circuit. We've asked the team to keep...

25. Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival

    14:56 UK time, Wednesday, 10 August 2011

    Fred MacAulay will be the first voice from the new Ö÷²¥´óÐã@Potterrow venue. MacAulay And Co will start a two week Edinburgh run from Potterrow on Friday August 12 with a special preview programme ahead of...

26. The Book Cafe featuring Alexander McCall Smith

    16:52 UK time, Monday, 30 August 2010

    The Book Cafe came live today from The Book Festival in Charlotte Square and Emma Langman who was working as part of the programme team kindly wrote us this blog: Emma Langman: As well as...

27. The Book Cafe at the Edinburgh International Book Festival

    16:25 UK time, Monday, 23 August 2010

    After the hectic two weeks we've had broadcasting The Festival Café live from the EICC (see previous blogs...), today was back to normality. Sort of. As Edinburgh is still gripped with festival fever, we made...

28. Fred at the Fest

    06:00 UK time, Monday, 23 August 2010

    Fred introduces a run-down of last week's MacAulay and Co. festival programmes: Listen to MacAulay and Co. Monday to Friday from 1005 and available on iPlayer....

29. Festival Comedy Cafe at the Fringe 20 Aug

    14:53 UK time, Friday, 20 August 2010

    Today's programme was the last Festival Cafe from Venue 150, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. As the production team breathe a huge sigh of relief (whilst remembering they all still have programmes to prepare for...

30. MacAulay and Co live in Edinburgh 20 Aug

    12:20 UK time, Friday, 20 August 2010

    Final day at the EICC for both MacAulay and Co and The Festival Cafe, and I'm back with them again for a third, bonus day, of photographic duties. Before I show you who was on...

31. Festival Cafe at the Fringe, 19 Aug.

    16:02 UK time, Thursday, 19 August 2010

    A bit later than planned (got caught in a heavy rain shower and had to head for shelter!), but here are some photos from today's Festival Cafe: top left: Paul Higgins, top right: Neil Murray,...

32. MacAulay and Co at the Edinburgh Fringe 19 Aug.

    12:40 UK time, Thursday, 19 August 2010

    My second day at the EICC, Fringe venue 150 for MacAulay and Co, and later, The Festival Cafe. It was the penultimate MacAulay and Co show and the venue organisers had to bring in extra...

33. The Festival Cafe live from Edinburgh 18 Aug.

    14:32 UK time, Wednesday, 18 August 2010

    Today was my first experience of The Festival Cafe, and very enjoyable it was too. We'll be hearing from our regular bloggers a little later, but here are some photos from today's show which featured...

34. MacAulay and Co: What you didn't see on the radio.

    13:00 UK time, Wednesday, 18 August 2010

    On Monday's MacAulay and Co. which came live from Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the EICC, the fire alarm went off during the show. Audience and guests had to be evacuated, which left no time to...

35. MacAulay and Co live in Edinburgh 18 Aug.

    12:58 UK time, Wednesday, 18 August 2010

    I'm spending a couple of days in Edinburgh, enjoying the Fringe and taking photos for MacAulay and Co and The Festival Cafe. The Festival Cafe is about to begin and I've been wrestling with technology,...

36. Festival Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 17 Aug.

    16:29 UK time, Tuesday, 17 August 2010

    It's hard to think that we're nearly half way through our second week of live shows at the EICC. OBs (Outside Broadcasts) are always an interesting kind of programme to work on. For starters,...

37. MacAulay and Co live from Edinburgh, 16 Aug.

    17:39 UK time, Monday, 16 August 2010

    No blog today, but Susan Calman sent us these photo's from today's edition of MacAulay and Co from the Edinburgh Festival: (clockwise) Ian D Montford, Fred MacAulay, Ardal O'Hanlon, The Segue sisters and Delete The...

38. Festival Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 16 Aug.

    17:35 UK time, Monday, 16 August 2010

    It's the second and final week of The Festival Café's residency at Venue 150 in Edinburgh: Amy Ferguson: Today's Festival Café with Clare English was a celebration of different cultures, opening with music from the...

39. Experiencing the Fringe on the Royal Mile

    12:25 UK time, Monday, 16 August 2010

    Having lived the majority of my life in Edinburgh I admit to being ever-so-slightly ambivalent about the Fringe Festival - I've been useless at going to shows and have spent most of my time muttering...

40. Festival Comedy Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 13 Aug.

    16:58 UK time, Friday, 13 August 2010

    The Festival Comedy Café came live from the Edinburgh Fringe today, Catriona and Emma tell us more... Catriona Macleod: The Festival Comedy Café had some surprises up its sleeve today. Producer Rob warmed up the...

41. MacAulay and Co live from Edinburgh, 13 Aug.

    16:11 UK time, Friday, 13 August 2010

    It's Fiona's last day working on the MacAulay and Co. Festival shows, and she's sent us this blog... Well I thought today's show was fabulous. Fred and Susan were on fine form, inspite of their...

42. Festival Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 12 Aug.

    16:55 UK time, Thursday, 12 August 2010

    Another day, another Festival Café live from Venue 150 in Edinburgh. Volunteers Catriona and Melanie tell us more... Catriona MacLeod: Today's Fact Part One: Frances Ruffelle is tiny in person. Today's Fact Part Two: stage...

43. Backstage with Radio Scotland at the Festival

    17:50 UK time, Wednesday, 11 August 2010

    MacAulay and Co's "Celeb Booker" Paul Gray gives us a guided tour around the EICC ... Listen to MacAulay and Co. and the Festival Cafe coming live from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio...

44. MacAulay and Co live from Edinburgh, 11 Aug.

    16:52 UK time, Wednesday, 11 August 2010

    Clockwise from left to right: Arj Barker, Doc Brown, Mark Watson and Tom Wrigglesworth Fiona Nish, runner for MacAulay and Co, shares with us her experiences of today's programme: Day 3 working at the Beeb...

45. Festival Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 11 Aug.

    16:30 UK time, Wednesday, 11 August 2010

    Today was another fantastically energetic show from The Festival Café at Venue 150. Perhaps those best placed to give you a glimpse of the glitz and glamour are two of our Festival Runners, Fiona and...

46. Festival Café at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 10 Aug.

    16:14 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010

    It's day two of The Festival Café's run at the Edinburgh Festival. The programme runners have been kept busy, not only working on the show, but sending us blogs and photos... Emma Langman: The Festival...

47. MacAulay and Co live from Edinburgh, 10 Aug.

    15:57 UK time, Tuesday, 10 August 2010

    MacAulay and Co is coming live from Venue 150 (the Edinburgh International Conference Centre) for two weeks. Runner Fiona Nish shares her impressions of today's programme: Today's MacAulay and Co had a truly diverse range...

48. Festival Cafe at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 9 Aug.

    16:08 UK time, Monday, 9 August 2010

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland's involvement in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has begun with live shows from both MacAulay and Co, and The Festival Café. Rich Preston tells us more about today's Festival Café: While the rain...

49. The Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

    11:45 UK time, Monday, 9 August 2010

    Iain Hoare who is part of the Zones team at Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland sent me an update about the Comedy Zone at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and what we can look forward to hearing: The...

50. Edinburgh Zones

    23:00 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010

    While getting all our pages and blogs ready on the Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland website for the Edinburgh Festival I asked our Zones Senior Producer Elizabeth Clark what we can look forward to over the next...

51. fredfest

    18:09 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010

    Just before Fred left the building we grabbed him for a couple of minutes and quizzed him about what we'll hear from MacAulay And Co during the next couple of weeks while the show comes...

52. Working on The Festival Café

    15:38 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010

    As Rich Preston wrote in his Festival Café blog earlier this week, the Festival Café team have been joined by four extra team members for the next few weeks. As well as booking acts, arranging...

53. Richard Demarco presents the Culture Zone

    14:50 UK time, Friday, 6 August 2010

    The art curator and Edinburgh Festival stalwart Richard Demarco presents this week's special edition of the Culture Zone dedicated to the Capital's cultural heritage. Featuring archive programmes on famous sons and daughters of Edinburgh such...

54. The Festival Café at The Edinburgh Fringe

    14:57 UK time, Thursday, 5 August 2010

    With the Edinburgh Fringe Festival underway this week, we're putting the final preparations in place for our live Festival Café programmes. From this coming Monday, our home will be at Festival Venue 150 - the...

55. Twitter and tweeting on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland

    15:29 UK time, Thursday, 8 July 2010

    Rich Preston from the Café's team has sent us this blog about how they use Twitter. How Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Scotland producers find stories, grab guests and share with their audience on the Twitter micro-blogging service....

56. Radio Scotland live at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010

    10:54 UK time, Wednesday, 16 June 2010

    The 2010 Fringe programme has now been announced, and both MacAulay and Co and The Festival Cafe will be broadcasting live from the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) for 2 weeks: 9-13 and 16-20 August....