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Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
The author on Austen in film and theatre, from Laurence Olivier to AA Milne to Clueless.
  1. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  2. Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
    03:18
    Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
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  3. Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
    01:53
    Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
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  4. Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
    02:07
    Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
    View More From Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
  5. Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
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    Tony Robinson: I thought the Blackadder script was rubbish
  6. Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
    03:06
    Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
  7. Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
    01:51
    Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
  8. Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
    01:43
    Nadya Tolokno: I read The Gulag Archipelago in prison
  9. Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
    01:48
    Philippe Sands on the Manchester bombing
  10. Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I
    02:33
    Bettany Hughes on the slave girl who negotiated with Elizabeth I
  11. Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
    02:37
    Christina Lamb: The most impressive people campaigning for change are women
  12. Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
    09:53
    Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
  13. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
    04:59
    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  14. Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
    03:57
    Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
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