{"id":31478,"date":"2017-08-08T21:15:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T02:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=31478"},"modified":"2017-08-08T17:06:06","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T22:06:06","slug":"craig-ferguson-fest-people-bbc-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-fest-people-bbc-forward\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Festival Fringe<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-31481 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/CF-at-EFF17-sl.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<strong>Craig Ferguson<\/strong> is in Edinburgh this week and next, hosting his SiriusXM radio show from the Fringe Festival. The live show starts at 10:45pm local time each night, so it can stay on its usual U.S. afternoon schedule. Since he&#8217;s in Scotland, many of the guests are comedians and performers from the UK, and most are performing at the festival. The list includes: <strong>Fred MacAulay<\/strong>, <strong>Shazia Mirza<\/strong>, <strong>Carmen Lynch<\/strong>, <strong>John Hastings<\/strong>, <strong>Stuart Goldsmith<\/strong>, <strong>Tom Stade<\/strong>, <strong>Clive Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Greg Proops<\/strong>, <strong>Scott Gibson<\/strong>, <strong>Richard Herring<\/strong>, <strong>Denise Mina<\/strong>, <strong>Tommy Tiernan<\/strong>, <strong>The Aunty Donna Boys<\/strong> and <strong>Andy Daly<\/strong>.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>CF Talks To BBC Scotland<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/BBC-Scotland.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-31483\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2017\/08\/BBC-Scotland.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a>Promoting his show at the Fringe, Craig talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/6170218-craig-ferguson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC Radio Scotland<\/a>. It&#8217;s a great interview worth a listen. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for finding it. He was also interviewed at length by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scotsman.com\/lifestyle\/culture\/edinburgh-festivals\/craig-ferguson-on-his-return-to-the-edinburgh-fringe-1-4524707\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Scotsman<\/a> newspaper.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Opener Opens Up<a href=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-14743\" src=\"http:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2012\/01\/05-Mark-Forward-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 75px) 100vw, 75px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\nCanadian comedian <strong>Mark Forward<\/strong>, who has opened many times for Craig on tour, is also performing at the Festival this month. He did a funny interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/news\/1367208\/mark-forward-craig-ferguson-america-tour-edinburgh-fringe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Sun<\/a> newspaper.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Check Out Those Moves<\/strong><\/span>\r\nOn <em>Celebrity Name Game<\/em>, sometimes, you&#8217;ve just got to dance.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: Celebrity Name Game<\/span>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3SMKhnJYQU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n\r\nWant more news about Craig Ferguson? 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