Sean Connery talks to Murray Grigor

On his 78th birthday, 25 August 2008, Edinburgh-born international film legend Sean Connery launches his long-awaited book Being A Scot with his co-author and friend Murray Grigor at the Book Festival. Here he chats about a wide range of subjects with chair Sheena McDonald. This is an unedited audio recording of the hour-long event.

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