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Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney reveals the inspiration behind his emotional Edinburgh show, The Encounter.
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    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  2. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Top Secret Drum Corps
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  4. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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  5. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
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  6. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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  9. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
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