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Janice Forsyth at the 成人快手 Edinburgh Festivals with Alistair McGowan, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson and others

Janice Forsyth is at the Edinburgh Festivals with Alistair McGowan performing Satie, Lucy Porter, Mark Watson, Henry Naylor, Cal Macaninch and Thusitha Jayasundera, and Burnistoun.

Sven Ratzke brings his David Bowie inspired show Starman to Edinburgh for the first time. He opens the show and performs for us throughout the first hour.

Alistair McGowan is bringing two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this year. He brings his impersonations show to the Festival for the 12th time, and a new show, Erik Satie's -Faction, in which he performs several of the composer's piano pieces and his own take on Esoterik, his never-before performed articles and poems. Alistair joins Janice on the sofa for the first hour of the show, and takes to the keyboard to perform.

Henry Naylor has written for many comedy shows in his award-winning career including Alistair McGowan's Big Impression. He talks about his theatre show Angel, about Iraqi female sniper, the Angel of Kobane. Filipa Bragan莽a performs an extract and Henry joins Janice and Alistair McGowan on the sofa for the rest of the show.

Lucy Porter talks about her new stand-up show, Consequences.

Mark Watson is bringing two shows to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, his stand-up show I'm Not Here and his Edinborolympics show. He's also hosting the new 成人快手 Comedy Award. He joins Janice on the sofa for the second hour of the show.

Cal MacAninch is best known for starring in Holby Blue and Thusitha Jayasundera is best known for starring in Holby City. They're now performing in Matthew Wilkinson's play My Eyes Went Dark at the Fringe this year. Cal and Thusitha perform an extract for us and join Janice and Mark Watson on the sofa.

The boys from Burnistoun, Robert Florence and Iain Connell, are bringing Burnistoun Live at the Fringe to the Festival this year. They'll chat to Janice and Mark Watson on the sofa about the success of Burnistoun, and moving it from television to the stage.

1 hour, 55 minutes