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91Èȱ¬ Comedy hits the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011

Steve Saul | 14:10 UK time, Wednesday, 8 June 2011

Here's why 2011 is going to be a big, BIG year for 91Èȱ¬ Comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe...

91Èȱ¬ assemble!

Edinburgh Live

This year at the Fringe all areas of the 91Èȱ¬will 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 91Èȱ¬ 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/91Èȱ¬ Comedy sitcom, Life’s Too Short.

And for the first time thanks to our colleagues in 91Èȱ¬ 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 91Èȱ¬ 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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