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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. Squashing Words
    05:58
    Squashing Words
  3. Books I’ve Written
    02:35
    Books I’ve Written
  4. Making a Leopard Monster
    04:35
    Making a Leopard Monster
  5. Superpowers
    08:09
    Superpowers
  6. Steve’s Monsters
    02:19
    Steve’s Monsters
  7. Making a Monster
    08:35
    Making a Monster
  8. Alien Stink Song
    05:04
    Alien Stink Song
  9. EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
    55:08
    EIF Conversations: Pierre Boulez: A Celebration
  10. Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
    03:10
    Scott Tyrrell: Bad Dad!
  11. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  12. Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
    01:47
    Jackie Kay on tracing her birth parents
  13. The keyboard with a mind of its own
    02:45
    The keyboard with a mind of its own
  14. Sage Francis - Hopeless
    02:59
    Sage Francis - Hopeless
  15. A magic trick too far
    00:39
    A magic trick too far
  16. Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
    01:19
    Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah
  17. Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
    02:57
    Simple Minds, tower blocks, chainsaws and Faust
  18. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
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