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"Thespians who have children"
Sophie Willan gives us an insight into the worst bits of the Edinburgh Fringe
  1. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  2. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
    View More From Authors Live: Steve Cole
  9. The school bus rap
    01:42
    The school bus rap
  10. Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
    02:29
    Where are the Edinburgh class of 96 now?
  11. 'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
    02:13
    'Just watch the hands': The genius of Boulez's conducting
  12. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  13. What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
    02:04
    What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
  14. Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms  virtual orchestra
    01:42
    Marin Alsop on leading the BBC Proms virtual orchestra
  15. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  16. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  17. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  18. Tom Wrigglesworth's Fringe picks
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    Tom Wrigglesworth's Fringe picks
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