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Acting and Writing
How frustration with her acting career led Manjeet to develop her writing talents.
  1. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  2. Scots
    01:14
    Scots
  3. Writing in Scots
    01:54
    Writing in Scots
  4. Minging!
    00:42
    Minging!
  5. Taking on Roald Dahl
    02:40
    Taking on Roald Dahl
  6. The right words
    02:22
    The right words
  7. Quentin Blake
    00:42
    Quentin Blake
  8. A reading in Scots
    02:35
    A reading in Scots
  9. Questions
    01:21
    Questions
  10. More questions
    03:14
    More questions
  11. Even more questions
    03:39
    Even more questions
  12. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  13. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  14. Tom on his illustrations
    05:00
    Tom on his illustrations
  15. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  16. The life of Matthew Henson
    08:12
    The life of Matthew Henson
  17. How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
    07:11
    How does Ross feel about writing and completing books?
  18. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  19. Questions from schools
    07:37
    Questions from schools
  20. Creating a Poem
    08:58
    Creating a Poem
  21. Questions from schools
    07:40
    Questions from schools
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