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A sudden idea
Frank tells us how the idea for Sputnik came to him.
  1. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  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. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  10. A monster quiz
    08:19
    A monster quiz
  11. Writing – when why how?
    09:26
    Writing – when why how?
  12. Keep going!
    01:28
    Keep going!
  13. Walking and talking
    02:23
    Walking and talking
  14. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  15. More questions
    01:42
    More questions
  16. Drawing Bugbops
    10:18
    Drawing Bugbops
  17. Being Children’s Laureate
    05:08
    Being Children’s Laureate
  18. Questions from schools
    04:02
    Questions from schools
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