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    Adam Smith: Father of the Fringe

    By Dominic Frisby

    WRITER & PRESENTER

    Dominic Frisby is a financial writer and comedian, veteran of many Fringes, gigs, TV and radio programmes and more besides. He is author of, among other things, the very first book on bitcoin.

    “Mercurially witty” - The Spectator

    "Visciously funny and inventive” The Guardian

    DIRECTOR

    Alex Webster is a freelance documentary director who has worked for the BBC, Channel 4 as well as numerous online outlets. He has worked with personalities such as Boris Johnson, Louis Theroux, Cerys Matthews and Leo Maguire. Prior to TV, he worked in journalism and foreign affairs, specialising in Arabic and International Relations.

    AVAILABLE TO WATCH NOW

    Presented by comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby, this one-hour feature documentary stars Jimmy Carr, Al Murray, Shazia Mirza, Henning Wehn and Arthur Smith. Father of the Fringe features original footage of the first edition of Wealth of Nations shot in the very room where Smith completed it and many more unique surprises. It is shot in scenic locations in and about Edinburgh and Glasgow, as well as at Panmure House, where Smith lived for the last 12 years of his life.

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