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Introducing The Black Flamingo
Dean describes his novel in verse, The Black Flamingo.
  1. Introducing The Black Flamingo
    00:27
    Introducing The Black Flamingo
  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. Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
    03:40
    Cat Hepburn – poetry reading
  10. Desert island books
    02:27
    Desert island books
  11. Down Behind The Dustbin
    02:41
    Down Behind The Dustbin
  12. Studio questions
    02:06
    Studio questions
  13. Don't Kvetch
    01:55
    Don't Kvetch
  14. Wishes
    01:04
    Wishes
  15. Lauren reads
    04:58
    Lauren reads
  16. What is the Nowhere Emporium?
    00:45
    What is the Nowhere Emporium?
  17. Questions from schools
    06:40
    Questions from schools
  18. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
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