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Favourite book
What are Alastair's favourite books?
  1. Favourite book
    00:45
    Favourite book
  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. Reading from The Boxer
    01:42
    Reading from The Boxer
  13. Health and Medicine
    04:36
    Health and Medicine
  14. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  15. Question and Answer - Part 2
    04:39
    Question and Answer - Part 2
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  18. Room on the Broom in Scots
    08:13
    Room on the Broom in Scots
  19. Sarah’s route into fiction
    07:16
    Sarah’s route into fiction
  20. Birdspotting Quiz
    05:46
    Birdspotting Quiz
  21. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
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