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Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney reveals the inspiration behind his emotional Edinburgh show, The Encounter.
  1. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  2. Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
    04:19
    Liz Lochhead: Credo for working in Scottish theatre
  3. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  4. Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
    03:37
    Liz Lochhead: How To Be a Romantic Poet
  5. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  6. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  7. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  8. Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    00:47
    Spencer Jones, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  9. Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
    02:28
    Heather Holliday swallows swords... and a lightsaber
  10. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:01
    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  11. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  12. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  13. Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
    00:56
    Basketball Man on Anneka Rice's Edinburgh
  14. Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
    27:30
    Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
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