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"...and then they all booed me."
Jamali Maddix gives us an insight into one of his worst gigs.
  1. "...and then they all booed me."
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    "...and then they all booed me."
  2. Squashing Words
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    Squashing Words
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  3. Books I’ve Written
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    Books I’ve Written
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  4. Making a Leopard Monster
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    Making a Leopard Monster
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  5. Superpowers
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    Superpowers
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  6. Steve’s Monsters
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    Steve’s Monsters
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  7. Making a Monster
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    Making a Monster
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  8. Alien Stink Song
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  9. Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
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    Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax
  10. Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
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    Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
  11. Sage Francis - Hopeless
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    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  12. Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
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    Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph
  13. A magic trick too far
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    A magic trick too far
  14. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
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    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  15. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  16. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
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    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
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    The school bus rap
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