Close menu
BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
View More From Val McDermid & Nicola Sturgeon
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
  1. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  3. The Harmonium Project
    05:04
    The Harmonium Project
  4. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  5. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  6. Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
    20:24
    Phill Jupitus, Alan Cox and Marcus Brigstocke
  7. Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
    02:25
    Bernat Klein and Kwang Young Chun at Dovecot Gallery
  8. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  9. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  10. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  11. The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
    07:35
    The Magic Flute rebooted by Komische Oper Berlin, Barrie Kosky and British theatre group 1927
  12. Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
    03:13
    Simon McBurney on visiting the Amazon
    13. Now playing
    Up next

Act Videos