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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
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    From War of the Worlds to Citizen Kane
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    Squashing Words
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  5. Superpowers
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  6. Steve’s Monsters
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  7. Making a Monster
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    Making a Monster
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  8. Alien Stink Song
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    We hope you're sitting down
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    Keeping it together onstage
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    Tom Ballard on his first Fringe
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    Cariad Lloyd's Fringe picks
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