Fern Britton Meets... is a British television talk show presented by Fern Britton which was first aired on BBC One during the four Sundays of Advent from 29 November to 20 December 2009.
 Each episode featured Britton interviewing a high-profile person about their life, career and religious beliefs.
 The programme attracted particular attention following an interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in which he discussed his thoughts about the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Paul Vickers is the vocalist and lyricist with cult rock band Dawn of the Replicants.
 After the group went on indefinite hiatus in 2007, he continued to release music with various collaborators as well as branching out into comedy and writing.
 Since 2010 he has performed an award nominated annual cabaret show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as "Mr. Twonkey".
 He has also released three albums with Edinburgh band The Leg.
 In 2013 he published his first book, "Itchy Grumble", and in 2015 his first theatrical play "Jennifer's Robot Arm" debuted in London.
 In 2016 his show "Twonkey's Mumbo Jumbo Hotel" won the Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Gordon Southern is a British comedian with over 20 years experience in the comedy scene.
 He regularly performs headlining gigs in The UK, across Europe and all over the world, especially in Australia where he spends several months every year.
 He has performed several solo shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Melbourne and New Zealand International Comedy Festivals including: That's a fun fact!
 (2017), Adelaide Hills Cop II (2016), Long Story Short (2015), Your New Favourite comedian (2014)nominated for best comedy at Perth Fringe and best international act at New Zealand Comedy Festival, The Kerfuffle (2013–14) nominated for best show at Perth Fringe.
 A Brief History of History (2012/13) nominated for best show at New Zealand Comedy Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Amused Moose Laughter awards) Free Range (2011) Borders (2010), The Unofficial Annual (2009), Stamp Stamp (2007), The Solutions (2006), My Drums Hell (2003) and Gordon Southern (2001).
 He has also had several television and radio credits including The Cheese Shop, The 11 O'Clock Show, Stand Up Australia Good News Week He has most recently appeared on Up Late on ABC and Stand and Deliver on ABC Australia (recorded 2016)
Robert "Rob" Lloyd (born 3 April 1978) is an Australian actor/comedian who was the host of the RMITV flagship program "Live on Bowen" for the first two seasons.
 He was the host, co-writer and producer of "The Mutant Way", which won several 2010 Antenna Awards.
 Rob also has a "Doctor Who" themed stage show called "Who, Me" that has had sell-out seasons at the 2011 Melbourne Fringe Festival, the 2011 Armageddon (convention) (Melbourne), the 2012 Adelaide Fringe Festival, and the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
 In 2013 Rob toured Who, Me to Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 In 2014 Lloyd teamed up with RiAus in association with BBC Worldwide Australia/New Zealand to host The Science of Doctor Who which toured nationally during April, May and June.
The Listies are Richard Higgins and Matt Kelly, a double act from Melbourne, Australia, who devise and perform live comedy and theatre for "kidults" they also write and illustrate children's books.
 Forming in 2008 as an alternative comedy and variety act called "The List Operators" (named for their 'list making' schtick) they won the Melbourne Comedy festival's best independent show award (The 'Gibbo') and toured extensively, including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Dublin Fringe Festival.
 They began to make work for young audiences in 2010 with a show called 'More Fun than a wii!'
, which went on to be the first kids' show ever to be nominated for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival best show award, Barry Award (for comedy).
Miranda Katherine Hart Dyke (born 14 December 1972), known professionally as Miranda Hart or sometimes referred to as Miranda, is an English actress and comedian.
 Following drama training at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, Hart began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making small appearances in various British sitcoms including "Hyperdrive" and "Not Going Out".
Love Birds is an original musical with book, music and lyrics by Robert J. Sherman.
 The musical officially premiered at the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe Festival at The Pleasance on August 7, 2015.
 The production was directed and choreographed by Stewart Nicholls.
 Prior to the Edinburgh run, there were two previews held in London at the Lost Theatre (in Stockwell) on July 28 and 29.
 The Original Edinburgh Cast Recording was recorded on July 30 and mixed and mastered on July 31 and August 3 and was first released by SimG Records on August 12 at the Edinburgh Festival.
 Two Edinburgh previews took place on August 5 and 6 with Press Night taking place on August 8.
 The final festival performance took place on August 31.
 The show starred Ruth Betteridge, Greg Castiglioni, John Guerrasio, George Knapper, Jonny Purchase, Joanna Sawyer, Anna Stolli, Rafe Watts and Ryan Willis.
 In its end of the year round-up of regional British fringe musical theatre, "Musical Theatre Review" hailed "Love Birds": "a triumph of whimsy, a children’s story written with adult sensibilities and featuring a cracking score that celebrated the lost era of vaudeville.
 Blessed with an equally strong design from Gabriella Slade and some marvellously sensitive performances, Love Birds was probably the most accomplished piece of musical theatre to arise from the many delights at this year’s festival."
Brian Paisley C.M. is a Canadian writer and theatre producer.
 He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 He is most famous in Western Canada for his contributions to the development of Canadian theatre, most notably as the founder of the Edmonton International Fringe Festival, which he modeled after the Edinburgh Fringe.
 The festival began in 1982 and was the very first Fringe festival in North America.
 The alternative theatre concept has since spread and been developed as similar 'Fringes' in major cities across the continent including Vancouver, Toronto, Winnipeg, Boston, and New York.
 Brian worked as producer of the Fringe festival in Edmonton for the first ten years of its existence, until 1991, when he left his position to shift his artistic focus from theatre to film.
Richard Herring's Edinburgh Fringe Podcast and Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast are two comedy podcasts, created by and starring British comedian Richard Herring.
 Hosted on The British Comedy Guide, the podcasts are interviews with notable guests, usually fellow comedians.
 The original Edinburgh Fringe podcast ran from 2011 to 2013, and took place most days for the duration of the Fringe, focusing on interviews with performers at the festival.
 They also contain short stand-up segments from Fringe performers.
 The "Leicester Square Theatre Podcast", recorded at Leicester Square in London, began in 2012 and follows a similar format, with higher profile guests.
 It runs for a shorter series than the Edinburgh Fringe version, with weekly recordings.
Fern is a British chat show hosted by Fern Britton which aired on Channel 4 on weekdays at 5:00pm in March and April 2011.
 The format is a teatime chat show featuring real-life stories, a mix of gossip and entertainment.
 The studio had a sofa area for interviewing celebrity guests, a kitchen area, two smaller areas for interviewing other guests and an audience.
 Britton interviewed a range of guests on the show including actors Alan Cumming, Richard Wilson and Richard E. Grant, singer Coleen Nolan, disc-jockeys Chris Evans and Chris Moyles, musician Brian May, comedians Alan Carr and Miranda Hart and charity fundraiser Jack Henderson.

Question: What kind of show hosted by Fern Britton which aired on Channel 4, had a guest who began writing material for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and making small appearances in various British sitcoms including "Hyperdrive" and "Not Going Out"?
Answer: a British chat show