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Meeting Steven Spielberg for the first time
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Mendes recalls his first meeting, where he got the job of directing American Beauty.
  1. Meeting Steven Spielberg for the first time
    01:43
    Meeting Steven Spielberg for the first time
  2. It's time for a new James Bond director
    00:57
    It's time for a new James Bond director
  3. Why picking the next James Bond isn't a public vote
    01:22
    Why picking the next James Bond isn't a public vote
  4. Telling Judi Dench: 'You can try it but it won't work' - at 24
    01:19
    Telling Judi Dench: 'You can try it but it won't work' - at 24
  5. Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
    01:48
    Imtiaz Dharker's In Wales, wanting to be Italian
  6. Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
    01:20
    Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'
  7. David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
    01:46
    David Mitchell: 'The best of the Star Treks are art'
  8. Michael Palin on growing a moustache for new movies
    02:16
    Michael Palin on growing a moustache for new movies
  9. Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
    02:46
    Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks
  10. The original virtual reality
    01:25
    The original virtual reality
  11. Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
    02:22
    Peter Carey: A reading from Amnesia
  12. Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
    01:37
    Salman Rushdie on the private act of writing a book
  13. Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
    03:52
    Michael Morpurgo sings The Old Barbed Wire
  14. Baaba Maal - Lampenda
    04:03
    Baaba Maal - Lampenda
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