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Best Photos from BBCEdFest 2016

Here are a selection of our favourite photos from the BBC's coverage of the Edinburgh Festivals in 2016. Enjoy!

Is that Hogwarts?!

Our site in the grounds of George Heriot's School, apparent inspiration for one J.K. Rowling.

You there!

Tommy Tiernan and Lucy Porter performing for Radio 4 Extra Stands Up.

Big Brother is watching you, Al...

...and the audience are watching back!

Al Murray had Sara Pascoe (via Skype) and loads of other guests (in person) on his Radio 2 shows live from Edinburgh.

Just, you know, a parrot out for a walk

A cute ball of spikes

Really came out of his shell

Animal Magic at our site, entertaining and amazing.

#DinoDay

Dynamic Earth came to our site and we had a roaring time.

Mawaan has some serious moves!

Nazeem hitting that high note

Tommy!!

Mawaan Rizwan and Nazeem Hussain on Asian Network's Big Comedy Night, hosted by Tommy Sandhu.

Everyone loves a good story

Smelly alien!

Authors Live events with Cerrie Burnell and Steve Cole.

Go big or go home!

The Blues Brothers, Barnsley Youth Choir, Lemon Bucket Orkestra and The Rock Choir all performed at our Castle Tent.

Pure magic

Iain Stirling, Pete Firman and Tony Law entertaining at BBC Comedy Presents.

This'll just take a minute

Paul Merton, Janey Godley, Nish Kumar, Marcus Brigstocke, Fred MacAulay and Pippa Evans were Nicholas Parsons' guests for two special episodes of Radio 4's Just a Minute, recorded live in our big Blue Tent.

They call him Jazz-hands Byrne

Jason Byrne, Olly Murs, Stewart Lee, Shappi Khorsandi and The Magnets on Steve Wright in the Afternoon.

The comedy stars of tomorrow

BBC Radio New Comedy Award 2016 Finalists (l-r) Jethro Bradley, Lauren Pattison, Michael Odewale, George Lewis, Catherine Bohart and Sindhu Vee.

Word up

Sage Francis & B. Dolan entertained the crowd at the BBCEdFest Poetry Slam, before Adele Hampton was crowned the winner for 2016.

Dino pouncing: The musical

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical, Ricky Gervais, Rory Bremner and Ayesha Hazarika on Front Row.

Backstage pass

Backstage with Paul Foot, Nish Kumar, Tom Ballard, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Tom Allen.

FIREWORKS

PEACE OUT!

Lloyd Griffith from BBC Comedy Presents.

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