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O for a muse of fire
How Henry V's opening line hooked a nine-year-old Simon Schama.
  1. O for a muse of fire
    02:37
    O for a muse of fire
  2. The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
    05:07
    The author explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’
  3. James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
    02:24
    James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
  4. Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
    03:00
    Claire Harman: ‘I’ve made Charlotte Brontë’s hair move’
  5. Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali
    03:26
    Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali
  6. Chris Packham: Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
    01:31
    Chris Packham: Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten
  7. Maxine Peake on working with choreographer Arlene Phillips
    00:25
    Maxine Peake on working with choreographer Arlene Phillips
  8. Being Lear
    08:47
    Being Lear
  9. Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
    03:58
    Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
  10. Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
    00:42
    Russell T Davies on young women and suicide
  11. Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
    02:16
    Edna O'Brien on The Mothers of Srebrenica
  12. Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield: 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
    01:47
    Poldark writer Debbie Horsfield: 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
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