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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  13. The story rollercoaster
    00:58
    The story rollercoaster
  14. Questions from schools
    07:16
    Questions from schools
  15. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  16. Taking Up Boxing
    03:04
    Taking Up Boxing
  17. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  18. Remembering Kobe Bryant
    01:41
    Remembering Kobe Bryant
  19. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  20. Phil’s characters
    05:36
    Phil’s characters
  21. Prez
    01:14
    Prez
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