As the Edinburgh Festival unlocks, award-winning comedian, presenter and internet sensation Mark Nelson has the key to the city and is on a mission to bring you all the best bits of the 2021 Fringe Festival. Every week, from behind his desk in the heart of the capital, Mark will send his comedy pals Jamie MacDonald, Rachel Jackson and Rosco McClelland out and about to find the best festival action and online offerings that are beaming in virtually from around the world. With some other famous Scottish faces joining them along the way, Edinburgh Unlocked will bring you the most magical moments from the city that once again, during August, will never sleep.

In this episode, Mark meets Frank Skinner, a statesman of the Fringe who won the big comedy prize back in 1991, beating Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard and Lily Savage. Frank shares memories of his formative years as a stand-up and why he keeps coming back to Edinburgh to perform. Blind comedian Jamie MacDonald is back to give his unique perspective on the brightest, loudest and most flamboyant shows he can find, kicking the series off with a bang as he gets a ticket for an explosive show. With live comedy from some of Scotland’s most exciting comedians, and plenty of surprises from an international cast of performers, every inch of Edinburgh is now a stage ready to make the crowds laugh, cry, sing and dance, and you won’t miss a second of it.

This week, there is mystery and intrigue from the heart of the Old Town as the cobblestones fill with tourists, acrobats and the world’s most daring street performers. Blind comedian Jamie MacDonald darts across the packed streets of the capital to get to a show unlike anything he has ever experienced before, and he takes to the stage himself to learn some of the slickest moves of the Fringe.

Mark Nelson searches out the best of the Edinburgh Fringe in the last week of the festival, with Megan Stalter, Viggo Venn, an incredible show made from cardboard and much more.