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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
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  3. Childhood
    05:49
    Childhood
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  4. Writing Books for her Daughter
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    Writing Books for her Daughter
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  5. Scarlet Umbrella
    04:17
    Scarlet Umbrella
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  6. The Characters
    04:10
    The Characters
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  7. Playing Instruments
    03:50
    Playing Instruments
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  8. Q&A
    03:47
    Q&A
    View More From Authors Live: Cerrie Burnell
  9. Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
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    Arthur Smith's Fringe picks
  10. Lazy Susan give us some Fringe heart breakers
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    Lazy Susan give us some Fringe heart breakers
  11. Keeping it together onstage
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    Keeping it together onstage
  12. A disastrous opening night
    04:16
    A disastrous opening night
  13. Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
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    Adele Hampton: Speak your own melanin into a mirror
  14. Poets: Leyla Josephine
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    Poets: Leyla Josephine
  15. 'Do you believe in fairies?'
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    'Do you believe in fairies?'
  16. Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
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    Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks
  17. We hope you're sitting down
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    We hope you're sitting down
  18. Alexei Sayle on life and 'inventing' British comedy
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