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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. First ever fun run
    00:42
    First ever fun run
  10. Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
    05:05
    Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years
  11. Watching Taken with your mum
    00:31
    Watching Taken with your mum
  12. Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
    03:15
    Marina Warner: 'Fairy tales are in the DNA of cultures'
  13. Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
    01:46
    Jackie Kay reads A Lang Promise
  14. Asking are you in or out
    00:43
    Asking are you in or out
  15. Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
    01:19
    Irvine Welsh on the contrast between Scotland and America
  16. Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
    02:59
    Ben Norris: Barafundle bundle
  17. "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
    00:25
    "A triumph and a reason to carry on"
  18. James Kelman: Too Scottish?
    03:04
    James Kelman: Too Scottish?
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