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
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Live
More menu
Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • 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
Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
The director discusses the restrictions of using texts written by others.
  1. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
    00:37
    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  2. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    View More From Rory Bremner and Friends
  3. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    View More From Rory Bremner and Friends
  4. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
    03:37
    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  5. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
    00:45
    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  6. Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
    01:43
    Juliette Binoche on why she hasn't embraced Hollywood
  7. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  8. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  9. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  10. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    57:33
    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  11. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  12. George the Poet reads His Mistakes
    03:48
    George the Poet reads His Mistakes
  13. 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
  • Jesse Jackson
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Limmy
  • Liz Lochhead
  • Michael Frayn
  • Poetry Slam Grand Final
  • Radio 2 Book Club with Simon Mayo
  • Richard Coles
  • Robert Lepage
  • 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
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Culture
  • Arts
  • Travel
  • Earth
  • Audio
  • 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