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Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali
The renowned film director discusses his film, Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight.
  1. Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali
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    Stephen Frears on Muhammad Ali
  2. How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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    How we named Monty Python's Flying Circus
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  3. Why I've grown a moustache
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  4. 'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
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    'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'
  5. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  6. The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
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    The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
  7. Juliet not Romeo
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    Juliet not Romeo
  8. Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
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    Michael Morpurgo: Why I wrote Private Peaceful
  9. Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
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    Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'
  10. Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
    02:56
    Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
  11. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
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    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  12. Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'
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