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From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
Simon Callow describes Orson Welles' journey to Hollywood in the late 1930s.
  1. From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
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    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
  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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    Alien Stink Song
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  9. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
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    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  10. We hope you're sitting down
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    We hope you're sitting down
  11. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  12. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
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    James Kelman: Too Scottish?

    Edinburgh Nights 2016: Episode 2

  13. Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton
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    Edinburgh Nights: Richard Wilson and Angus Deayton

    Edinburgh Nights 2016: Episode 1

  14. Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
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    Political poetry and the rise of xenophobia
  15. Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
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    Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin
  16. Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
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    Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
  17. Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
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    Glasgow Girls: It's No a Wean's Choice
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