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The origins of 'Lads'
Alan Bissett chats to presenter Nick Sheridan about how his book Lads came about.
  1. The origins of 'Lads'
    06:09
    The origins of 'Lads'
  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. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  10. Writing Fiction
    01:29
    Writing Fiction
  11. One frame
    01:29
    One frame
  12. Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
    06:44
    Cookie’s Brain Busting Quiz
  13. Draw the Light Ship
    05:16
    Draw the Light Ship
  14. Cuiken Primary film
    03:02
    Cuiken Primary film
  15. Gil's bug hospital
    05:28
    Gil's bug hospital
  16. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  17. My Heart
    01:52
    My Heart
  18. Working with an illustrator
    02:38
    Working with an illustrator
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