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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Schools questions
    09:55
    Schools questions
  10. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  11. The power of fantasy fiction
    04:28
    The power of fantasy fiction
  12. Sport brings us together
    02:36
    Sport brings us together
  13. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  14. Where The Heart Should Be
    06:14
    Where The Heart Should Be
  15. There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
    04:25
    There's Broccoli in my Ice Cream! - Part 2
  16. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  17. Wordplay
    14:05
    Wordplay
  18. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
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