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Questions from the audience
Patience answers some questions from the pupils in the studio and in schools.
  1. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  7. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  8. Drawing Fruit and Veg
    04:16
    Drawing Fruit and Veg
  9. The Great Storm Whale reading
    06:27
    The Great Storm Whale reading
  10. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  11. Beginnings
    01:47
    Beginnings
  12. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  13. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  14. How did you plan the structure of the novel?
    02:38
    How did you plan the structure of the novel?
  15. Questions from schools
    05:58
    Questions from schools
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