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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. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Final thoughts
    01:33
    Final thoughts
  14. Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
    05:14
    Tom and Ross on starting to write and draw
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
  16. Ideas
    03:35
    Ideas
  17. D is for Dialogue
    03:04
    D is for Dialogue
  18. Ideas for books
    02:25
    Ideas for books
  19. Self-Defence
    02:59
    Self-Defence
  20. How to draw a cheetah
    07:21
    How to draw a cheetah
  21. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
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