Close menu
BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
McDermid also tells would-be novelists to forget about writing the perfect first chapter.
  1. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
  2. Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
    00:56
    Robert Lepage on portraying himself in 887
  3. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
    00:37
    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  4. Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
    01:45
    Robert Lepage on his Ka show for Cirque du Soleil
  5. Robert Lepage
    58:51
    Robert Lepage
  6. Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
    01:38
    Funmbi Omotayo, BBC Presents the Next Big Thing
  7. The Harmonium Project
    05:04
    The Harmonium Project
  8. Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    57:33
    Mexican Writing, An Insider's View with Gabriel Orozco at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  9. George the Poet reads His Mistakes
    03:48
    George the Poet reads His Mistakes
  10. Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
    02:05
    Ian Rankin: Crime writers need to cope with Police reorganisation
  11. Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
    03:40
    Dean Owens sings I Still Miss Someone
  12. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  13. Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:01
    Sean Michaels and Anna Smaill at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  14. George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    02:06
    George the Poet on starting to rap aged 15
    15. Now playing
    Up next

Act Videos