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Acting and Writing
How frustration with her acting career led Manjeet to develop her writing talents.
  1. Acting and Writing
    05:49
    Acting and Writing
  2. Move it
    00:51
    Move it
  3. My dad knows everything
    04:26
    My dad knows everything
  4. Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
    05:50
    Return of the bendy, bendy toothbrush
  5. The noise!
    03:52
    The noise!
  6. The space
    01:18
    The space
  7. What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
    03:19
    What is your favourite piece of work that you've written? What is your most treasured possession?
  8. Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
    04:33
    Where do you get your ideas from? What is a poem?
  9. Finding the bear
    01:06
    Finding the bear
  10. Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
    04:53
    Reading from 'The Places I've Cried in Public'
  11. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  12. Questions from schools
    08:43
    Questions from schools
  13. Discussing illustration
    03:51
    Discussing illustration
  14. Questions from West Calder High School
    05:42
    Questions from West Calder High School
  15. Questions from schools
    08:14
    Questions from schools
  16. Making the change
    03:33
    Making the change
  17. Alastair’s influences
    00:28
    Alastair’s influences
  18. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
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