Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing

Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber

Luke Wright performs Have a Gong

Dean Owens sings Delia's Gone

Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird

Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone

Kathryn Joseph sings The Outtakes

Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm

Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke

Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon

Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival

Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps

George the Poet reads See You on the Other Side

Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off

Poetry Slam Grand Final: Scott Tyrrell

The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927

The Showstoppers perform a ten minute musical

Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival

Tom Binns performs in the comedy round-up