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Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
The actor describes an ill-fated plane journey, at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
    02:34
    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  2. Reading
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    Reading
  3. Childhood
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    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
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    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
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    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
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    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
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    Q&A
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    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
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    What would David Brent make of the Fringe?
  11. Trying Weight Watchers
    00:59
    Trying Weight Watchers
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    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
  13. Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
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    Edinburgh Dazzle ship: Timelapse
  14. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
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    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  15. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  16. Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
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    Malaika Kegode: I tried to stop writing about you
  17. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
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    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  18. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
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