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About Our Tower
Growing up in a tower block provided the inspiration for a magical storybook.
  1. About Our Tower
    04:05
    About Our Tower
  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. Myths and Monsters
    11:48
    Myths and Monsters
  13. There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
    06:17
    There’s Nothing Cuter Than A Puppy
  14. Keeping Up With Michael
    01:39
    Keeping Up With Michael
  15. Introducing us to new historical figures
    02:35
    Introducing us to new historical figures
  16. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  17. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  18. Crackledawn
    02:08
    Crackledawn
  19. Audience questions
    03:17
    Audience questions
  20. Bumble and Snug reading
    04:07
    Bumble and Snug reading
  21. Comics
    04:26
    Comics
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