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Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
The actor describes an ill-fated plane journey, at Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  1. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
    02:34
    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  10. Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
    02:34
    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
  11. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
    02:33
    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  12. "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
    01:31
    "I nearly feigned a heart attack"
  13. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
    08:57
    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
  14. "Socks that agreed with him"
    00:15
    "Socks that agreed with him"
  15. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
    03:16
    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  16. "Thespians who have children"
    00:40
    "Thespians who have children"
  17. B Dolan
    03:57
    B Dolan
  18. The school bus rap
    01:42
    The school bus rap
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