Getting Away (Pilot episode)

Stephen K Amos and his pick of the circuit's best stand-up comedians attempt to unravel the knotty problems of modern life.

The pilot episode for the following series kicks off with the idiot's guide to "Getting Away".

From the BBC@Potterrow venue at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

With:

* Susan Calman - on Scottish family holidays

* W Kamau Bell - on being an American visiting the UK

* Tim FitzHigham - on always reading the instructions when travelling abroad

* Simon Munnery - on the philosophy of getting away

* Josie Long - on getting away from the Edinburgh Fringe (by imagining that she's an otter)

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2011.