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Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney reveals the inspiration behind his emotional Edinburgh show, The Encounter.
  1. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
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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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  3. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: A Bollywood Love Story
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  4. Inside the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo: Massed Pipes and Drums
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  5. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
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  6. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
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  7. Juliette Binoche on why actors are 'different animals'
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  8. Simon McBurney
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  9. Cabaret Acrobat, Danik Abishev
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    George the Poet reads His Mistakes
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