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Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor, Doctors' shows at the Fringe, Rachel Parris

Three NHS doctors tell us about their fringe shows, Queen guitarist Brian May talks about his love of 3D photography and Rachel Parris explains what makes a winning comedy song.

Queen guitarist Brian May fell in love with 3D photography as a child and has since gone on to establish his own publishing company devoted to sharing stereoscopic work from the Victorian era to the present day. May's latest publication is a book by Professor Roger Taylor about the Scottish photography pioneer George Washington Wilson. May and Taylor discuss why Wilson's 3D photographs of Scottish landscapes and street scenes remain as captivating today as they were during the 3D boom of the 1850s and 60s.

As the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary, three doctors are performing their own stand up shows on the Festival fringe. Adam Kay, Dr Kevin Jones and Kwame Asante talk to Kirsty about using their working lives as material.

Star of The Mash Report and Austentatious, Rachel Parris tells us what makes a winning comedy song.

And Scottish musician Mairi Campbell shares a lesser-known version of Auld Lang Syne.

Presenter : Kirsty Lang
Producer : Simon Richardson.

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Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor

Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor

George Washington Wilson by Prof Roger Taylor, with introduction by Brian May is out now, from

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Main image above: Brian May

Image credit: Scott Legato/Getty Images

Image to the left: Brian May (Left) and Prof Roger Taylor

Image credit:听Denis Pellerin听

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Kwame Asante

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Kwame Asante

Kwame Asante's show is at The Cellar, , Edinburgh from 16听 - 26 August 2018.

Age category: 14+

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Adam Kay

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Adam Kay

Adam Kay: is at the Pentland Theatre, Pleasance at , Edinburgh on 16, 17 and 18 August 2018.

Age category: 14+

Image: Adam Kay

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Dr Kevin Jones

Doctors' shows at the Fringe - Dr Kevin Jones

Dr Kevin Jones' show is at , Edinburgh from 20 - 25 August 2018.

Age category: 16+

Image: Dr Kevin Jones

Mairi Campbell

Mairi Campbell

is at the - The Netherbow Theatre at The Fringe, Edinburgh until 19 August 2018, and then from 21 - 27 August 2018.

Age category 8+

Image:

Image credit: Julia Fayngruen

Mauiri Campbell: Auld Lang Syne then visits Stirling, Inverness and Wootton Under Edge on 11, 12 and 15 October 2018 respectively.

Rachel Parris

Rachel Parris

is at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburg on 21 and 23 August 2018.

She is also in the cast of , which is at , Edinburgh until 24 August 2018.

Age category: 16+

Image: Rachel Parris

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest Brian May
Interviewed Guest Roger Taylor
Interviewed Guest Adam Kay
Interviewed Guest Kevin Jones
Interviewed Guest Kwame Asante
Interviewed Guest Rachel Parris
Performer Mairi Campbell
Producer Simon Richardson

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  • Wed 15 Aug 2018 19:15

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