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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  10. Start with a face
    02:25
    Start with a face
  11. Characters
    01:58
    Characters
  12. Questions from schools
    06:15
    Questions from schools
  13. Questions from the audience
    09:53
    Questions from the audience
  14. A question from Blake
    01:15
    A question from Blake
  15. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  16. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  17. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  18. Draw Noi and his dad
    10:03
    Draw Noi and his dad
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