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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
    01:45
    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
  2. Reading
    04:11
    Reading
  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
    04:53
    Writing Books for her Daughter
  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
  9. The keyboard with a mind of its own
    02:45
    The keyboard with a mind of its own
  10. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
    01:32
    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  11. What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
    02:04
    What to do (and not do) at the Edinburgh Fringe
  12. Trying Weight Watchers
    00:59
    Trying Weight Watchers
  13. "Socks that agreed with him"
    00:15
    "Socks that agreed with him"
  14. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  15. Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
    03:10
    Marin Alsop on her speech at the Last Night of the Proms
  16. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
    03:04
    James Kelman: Too Scottish?
  17. Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
    02:59
    Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
  18. Erica Jong on sex and ageing
    04:08
    Erica Jong on sex and ageing
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