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image captionJaney Godley will host the online edition of the festival
Plans for a virtual celebration of Scotland s national bard in the new year have been unveiled.
The 10th edition of the Big Burns Supper - usually held in Dumfries - will be staged online and hosted by comedian Janey Godley.
Organisers said the special broadcast on 25 January would also include KT Tunstall, Dougie Maclean and Donovan.
They said it would celebrate Robert Burns but also hopefully give everyone a much-needed lift and a laugh .
The Big Burns Supper was able to go ahead in 2020 as it was staged a couple of months ahead of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.