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Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
At the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the MP describes a run-in with a wolfhound.
  1. Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
    03:24
    Alan Johnson on the dangers of being a rural postman
  2. Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
    07:45
    Simon Cartwright as Bob Monkhouse
  3. Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
    09:19
    Mark Steel talks politics and comedy
  4. George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
    48:19
    George the Poet at Edinburgh International Book Festival
  5. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  6. Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer
    03:04
    Sylvie Guillem: Life in Progress trailer
  7. Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
    02:45
    Val McDermid on the Scottish referendum: 'We wanted to call our house swithering heights'
  8. Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
    00:37
    Robert Lepage on 'choosing the prison' of Shakespeare
  9. Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
    27:30
    Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
  10. Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
    03:11
    Jesse Jackson: 'Can you imagine a state in Germany having the right to fly a Nazi flag?'
  11. Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
    00:45
    Jesse Jackson on America's culture of violence
  12. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  13. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
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