Jim Naughtie speaks to the audience for a moment after the Today programme's live broadcast from Edinburgh finishes. 

BBC EdFest 2012 - "I didn't crash the pips" - Jim Naughtie, BBC Radio 4 Today

Cabaret at the Fringe now has its own category, its own award and now in association with the Time Out & Soho Theatre Cabaret Award, TO&ST, its own panel discussion! 

Time Out's Cabaret Editor Ben Walters talks to Frodo McDaniel (Director of Glasgow Cabaret Festival + TO&ST Judge), Louise Oliver (Fringe Participant Development Coordinator) and cabaret performers Dusty Limits and East End Cabaret about the definition, limits and development of cabaret as an art form.  

Ben opens the discussion with the question, "what is cabaret?"

BBC EdFest 2012: Cabaret Uncovered - What is Cabaret?

Cognitive Neuroscientist Professor Sophie Scott puts on a comedy show with a difference to show how laughter really is infectious. Part gig, part experiment, part discussion, this is an exploration into what lies behind our laughter.  Featuring Stu Goldsmith and Mark Olver.

BBC EdFest 2012: The Neuroscience of Comedy - Do Rats Laugh?

Nina Conti talks to Arthur Smith about her award-winning BBC Four documentary in which she took the bereaved puppets of her mentor Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to Vent Haven, the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists.  Along the way we hear about how she came across her own puppet Monkey...

Recorded on Wednesday 8th August 2012 at the BBC Edinburgh Festival.

BBC EdFest 2012: Nina Conti on finding Monkey

Where do some of our keenest comedy minds find their inspiration? And how do they set about devising, scripting and adapting their material? Acclaimed writers Oli Lansley (BBC Two’s ‘Whites’), Humphrey Ker (Penny Dreadfuls), Sarah Morgan (BBC Radio 4′s ‘Bigipedia’ and CBBC’s ‘I’m Sorry I’ve Got No Head’) and John Finnemore (BBC Radio 4’s ‘Cabin Pressure’ and ‘John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme’) talk to comedian, writer and broadcaster Jon Holmes about their tips.

Recorded on Thursday 9th August 2012 at the BBC Edinburgh Festival.

BBC EdFest 2012: Great Comedy Writing - Where do you write?

Amy Lamé goes behind the scenes at Station of the Year - BBC 6 Music's and finds out how their Breakfast Show comes to life each morning.

Featuring Shaun W Keaveny, Matt Everitt, Claire Slevin (producer) and Phil W Smith (assistant producer).

In this clip, we find out how the show's most creative daily moment came to be...

BBC EdFest 2012: 6 Music Masterclass - Shaun Keaveny on inventing the "Mattro"

Advice and insight for those thinking about trying their hand at stand-up from a panel dripping in stand-up comedy experience.  

Hosted by Marcus Brigstocke and featuring Simon Evans, Angela Barnes and Lianne Coop.

BBC EdFest 2012: Radio 2 New Comedy Awards Masterclass - What's the best one-liner?

Greg James interrupts one of our BBCEdFest Masterclass sessions on visualising radio - live on BBC Radio 1 and gets the audience to sing a very special Happy Birthday message.

This audio is taken from the BBCEdFest Masterclass Listen, Watch, Share: Making Pictures for Radio.  The session explored the rise of the visual radio revolution and went behind the scenes at the Radio 1 Fun & Filth Cabaret show, which was screened on the Red Button during the Fringe.

Featuring: Scott Mills, Nick Grimshaw, Greg James, Will Kinder, Adam Heyhurst and Chris Ramsey

Greg James interrupts BBCEdFest Masterclass session on visualisation...

Good Cop lead actor Warren Brown (Luther, Occupation), writer Stephen Butchard (Five Daughters, House Of Saddam), BBC Executive Producer Jessica Pope, Producer Rebecca Hodgson and BBC Drama Controller Kate Harwood discuss the making of this gripping BBC Drama series.

The team behind BBC Drama 'Good Cop' talk about the production process

Professor Richard Wiseman quizzes Alan Davies about his work from a psychological perspective. As the most followed psychologist on Twitter, Professor Wiseman was named one of the top 100 people who make Britain a better place to live. 

Alan Davies on Stephen Fry

Taken from a session at the BBC Edinburgh Festival - Radio 4 and the Fringe exploring the network's relationship with the world's leading arts festival.

Featuring Thom Tuck and Helen Keen.

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