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Stories and puzzles
Alastair talks about how he first got into writing books
  1. Stories and puzzles
    01:34
    Stories and puzzles
  2. The Egyptian Empire
    16:39
    The Egyptian Empire
  3. The British Empire
    04:33
    The British Empire
  4. The World Wars
    07:23
    The World Wars
  5. Weird and Wonderful Inventors
    02:32
    Weird and Wonderful Inventors
  6. Daisy on the Outer Line
    02:34
    Daisy on the Outer Line
  7. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  8. How to Draw Granville's Head
    04:23
    How to Draw Granville's Head
  9. Studio questions
    03:22
    Studio questions
  10. Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
    08:22
    Inspirations and Escaped Terrapin
  11. Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
    00:48
    Did anyone encourage Ross MacKenzie to write books?
  12. There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
    03:53
    There’s Nothing Faster Than a Cheetah
  13. Questions from schools
    05:40
    Questions from schools
  14. Storyboard
    03:26
    Storyboard
  15. Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
    04:07
    Reading from The Boxer - Part 2
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