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Coverage of the Edinburgh Festivals from the BBC

Image: Posters for Festivals shows on a board

Watch: Festivals Round-up | Watch: More Highlights

The final Edinburgh Festival Show featured Scottish choreographer Michael Clark, Denise van Outen, Ian Rankin on graphic novels and Festivals highlights. Watch highlights.

Arthur's Seat

Denise van Outen and Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith & Denise van Outen

Join Arthur Smith on Arthur's Seat, as he takes his final tour for the Edinburgh Festival Show, when he met up with Denise van Outen for a jaunt around Edinburgh's cobbles and a chat about her first Fringe show, Blondes.

Edinburgh Art Festival

Alastair Sooke peruses some art in Edinburgh.

Alastair Sooke on the Art Festival

Alastair Sooke takes a look around the diverse visual art exhibitions in the Edinburgh Art Festival, which ran this year until September 5. Now in its 6th year, the Festival is finally establishing itself in its own right. Browse exhibitions still showing.

BBC Blogs from Edinburgh: Pauline MacLean and Scott Mills

  1. A whole lotto projects

    It's hard to imagine a time when the National Lottery didn't exist. When corner shops didn't have a little spot...

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  2. What the Butler said

    Forget stretch limos, red carpets and fancy hotel rooms. It seems the true guage of whether you've made it onto...

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  3. Walking with the Big man

    You can't miss an eight metre tall puppet striding round the streets of various Scottish towns, particularly when he's painted...

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  4. Pessimism beneath the glitz

    The glitz and glamour of the annual Bafta Scotland awards betrayed some pessimism in the home grown industry. While Alan...

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The Festival Café

Phill Jupitus with Clare English

Radio Scotland's Radio Café came from the EICC in Edinburgh for a magical fortnight in August.

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MacAulay & Co.

Clive James

Fred MacAulay welcomed an array of guests to his morning show from Edinburgh's EICC from 10-21 August.

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FESTIVAL NEWS

  1. Firework display closes festival
  2. Fringe ticket sales break record
  3. Poet named Edinburgh comedy king
  1. Founder of Free Fringe wins award
  2. Ant and Dec to host family show
  3. Wire writer says adverts kill TV
  4. Schaffer scoops best stunt award
  5. Murdoch attack on 'dominant' BBC
  6. No clowning around for circus act
  7. Hard-working comedian's soul sings
Comedian Stewart Lee on stage Stewart Lee Hilarious interview featuring Richard Hammond and pear cider
Frisky and Mannish Frisky & Mannish Musical duo who are asking all the questions - fantastic tunes from their Fringe show
Arthur Smith - watch him on his sofa, Arthur's Seat Culture City Highlights from the Edinburgh Festival Show
David O'Doherty FAQ for the DOD David O'Doherty on winning the 2008 comedy award... and fake panda facts
The Axis of Awesome Axis of Awesome Australia's top comedy band: Infinity Rock Explosion in 4 chords
Lisa Milne and Malcolm Martineau Radio 3 Concerts Interview: Scottish soprano Lisa Milne and pianist Malcolm Martineau
Baba Brinkman Baba Brinkman Fringe First winner performs an excerpt from his Rap Guide To Evolution
Lucy Porter Comedy Gold Lucy Porter on feeding the audience 24-carat gold at her new show
Chris Cox Problems Sam Simmons interview, with clips from his surreal Fringe show
Chris Cox Read my Mind Interview with Chris Cox, magical mind-reader extraordinaire
Austin Low Time-tastical Tale The good Doctor Austin & Doug Safety with their child-friendly science show
Felix Buxton from Basement Jaxx Basement Jaxx Felix Buxton on holidaying at the Festivals with his dad
Hannah Conduct and Rachel Cohen Talent alert Scouts on the hunt for comedy talent
Performers from 'Nightfall' 'Nightfall' newbies Meet some festival first-timers
The Flash Flashy acro-jugglers Acrobatic advice from The Flash on the street
Kath Mainland Kath Mainland Fringe Chief Executive on surviving the festival and the 2009 line-up
Family at window Festivals Past A montage of film from the BBC's Edinburgh Festivals archive
Alex Salmond First Festival Salmond's thoughts on the Festival

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