Live at Edinburgh Fringe: Masterchef, An AI MP & What The Polls Are Saying in Scotland

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today, Newscast was recorded at the Edinburgh Fringe in front of a live audience.

Adam was joined by Kirsty Wark, former Newsnight host, and James Cook, Scotland editor and friend of the podcast. They chat about the BBC’s decision to air the new series of Masterchef, which was filmed before hosts Gregg Wallace and John Torode were sacked, and Kirsty’s role in exposing Gregg Wallace’s behaviour.

Plus an AI MP and what are the polls saying about Holyrood 2026?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello, from the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, which is home to one of the big traditions of the fringe,
0:09.7	which is fliring when performers across members of the public
0:13.3	and try and convince them to come to their show by thrusting bits of paper with their faces into their hands.
0:19.2	Anyone want to come and see a news podcasts?
0:21.4	Hello, would you like to come and see our podcasts?
0:23.5	Oh, hi.
0:24.4	Hello, how are you?
0:25.5	Do you?
0:26.5	Anyone want to come and see the news?
0:29.5	But it's kind of the news but in a fun way.
0:32.1	Who wants to come and see a news podcast being recorded?
0:39.7	Lovely, thank you very much.
0:41.7	Hello.
0:42.8	I'd like to come and see our podcast being recorded.
0:44.9	It's newscast, it's number one on BBC Sounds.
0:47.1	That's my face.
0:48.5	I'm not going to lie.
0:49.9	That was surprisingly hard.
0:52.1	And I mean, I already had respect for the people that do this all summer long,
0:55.6	but that respect is now quadrupled or quintupled.
0:58.7	And it's making me think I should stick to the day job,
	...

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