Watch: BBC Clickbait Videos

BBC Clickbait

At the 2014 Edinburgh Festival, the BBC put on an experimental comedy show called Diane Morgan's Clickbait.

The show was billed as exploring 'the future of comedy with a digital dimension'. As you can see from the videos below, each of the comedy performances involved a digital element. Alex Horne, Simon Munnery, Kim Noble, Gamarjobat and Red Bastard were amongst the acts taking part.


Simon Munnery demonstrates his amazing Fylm-Makker system:


20 members of the studio audience were given a camcorder to document what happened when Red Bastard was let loose on the crowd. Here are the results:


Alex Horne's contribution, beamed into the venue, demonstrated his impressive lip-synching skills:


Bec Hill demonstrated her low-tech but effective method for making animated videos with her mind-reading flip-chart.


Mime clown duo Gamarjobat discover how to make the BBC's studio cameras work to their advantage:


Not everyone could make it to the show though. Here's the apology Kim Noble filmed:

Published: Thursday 28th August 2014

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