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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Introducing James
    01:39
    Introducing James
  3. How James got started
    03:33
    How James got started
  4. A pirate picture story
    10:15
    A pirate picture story
  5. Picturing Nessie
    04:01
    Picturing Nessie
  6. Q&A with James Mayhew
    11:26
    Q&A with James Mayhew
  7. Children’s Laureate
    03:24
    Children’s Laureate
  8. Introducing Wain
    00:21
    Introducing Wain
  9. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  10. Questions
    04:03
    Questions
  11. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  12. Questions from schools
    06:06
    Questions from schools
  13. Truth and Lies
    13:33
    Truth and Lies
  14. Books and confidence
    01:08
    Books and confidence
  15. The main characters
    03:46
    The main characters
  16. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
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