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Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
The poet outlines the importance of orphans and foster children in fiction and literature.
  1. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
    04:59
    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  2. Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
    06:33
    Chris Riddell on his first Goth Girl book
  3. Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
    01:38
    Ian Rankin: The origins of Rebus
  4. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  5. Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
    03:57
    Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
  6. Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
    02:23
    Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
  7. Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
    05:56
    Bettany Hughes: Protest has always happened in Istanbul
  8. Hay we go!
    00:51
    Hay we go!
  9. Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
    02:07
    Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
  10. Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
    03:30
    Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
  11. Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
    05:19
    Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
  12. Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
    02:37
    Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
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