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The Egyptian Empire
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Absolutely everyone is involved as we go back in time to make mummies and build pyramids
  1. The Egyptian Empire
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    The Egyptian Empire
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  2. The British Empire
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    The British Empire
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  3. The World Wars
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    The World Wars
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  4. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
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  5. Question time
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    Question time
  6. Drawing Bugbops
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    Drawing Bugbops
  7. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  8. Elle and the characters of The Infinite
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    Elle and the characters of The Infinite
  9. A novel in verse
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    A novel in verse
  10. The Otherwhere Emporium reading
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    The Otherwhere Emporium reading
  11. Questions from schools
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    Questions from schools
  12. Tom on his illustrations
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    Tom on his illustrations
  13. Where monsters come from
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    Where monsters come from
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    This is a democracy
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