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The Black Flamingo
Dean gives us a flavour of The Black Flamingo with a reading from the opening chapter.
  1. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  12. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  13. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  14. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  15. The right words in the right order
    02:38
    The right words in the right order
  16. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  17. Hand on the Bridge
    02:28
    Hand on the Bridge
  18. A novel in verse
    01:02
    A novel in verse
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