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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. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  10. Questions from the audience
    05:40
    Questions from the audience
  11. Hallowe'en in Scotland
    06:14
    Hallowe'en in Scotland
  12. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  13. This is a democracy
    00:39
    This is a democracy
  14. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  15. Using Scotland as a setting
    01:06
    Using Scotland as a setting
  16. Steven Lenton's illustrations
    00:35
    Steven Lenton's illustrations
  17. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  18. Names and Questions
    07:57
    Names and Questions
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